La Noche Triste

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battle episode of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire historical event

La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.

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Label	Occurrences
La Noche Triste canonical	8
Noche Triste	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ episode of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ historical event ⓘ
approximateIndigenousAllyCasualties	thousands killed ⓘ
approximateSpanishCasualties	hundreds killed ⓘ
associatedPerson	Cuitláhuac ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ Moctezuma II ⓘ
associatedPlace	Mexico City ⓘ
cause	attempted Spanish withdrawal from Tenochtitlan with treasure ⓘ massacre at the Templo Mayor ordered by Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ uprising in Tenochtitlan against Spanish occupation ⓘ
combatant	Mexica ⓘ surface form: Mexica warriors of Tenochtitlan Spanish conquistadors ⓘ Tlaxcalan allies of the Spanish ⓘ other indigenous allies of the Spanish ⓘ
commander	Cuitláhuac ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ Mexica military leaders of Tenochtitlan ⓘ Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ
countryAtTheTime	Aztec Empire ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Otumba ⓘ Spanish regrouping in Tlaxcala ⓘ
hasDate	1520-06-30 ⓘ 1520-07-01 ⓘ
hasTimeOfDay	night ⓘ
historicalSignificance	led to reorganization of Spanish and indigenous ally forces ⓘ preceded the eventual siege and fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521 ⓘ turning point that temporarily halted the Spanish advance ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
literalMeaningOfName	The Sad Night ⓘ
location	Lake Texcoco ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ surface form: causeways of Tenochtitlan
mainBelligerent	Mexica ⓘ surface form: Mexica (Aztec) forces of Tenochtitlan Spanish forces of Hernán Cortés ⓘ
notableFeature	Spanish attempted escape along the western causeway from Tenochtitlan ⓘ many Spaniards drowned under the weight of gold and treasure ⓘ use of canoes and causeway breaches by Mexica forces ⓘ
partOf	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
precededBy	massacre during the festival of Tóxcatl ⓘ
result	Spanish retreat from Tenochtitlan ⓘ decisive Aztec victory ⓘ heavy Spanish and Tlaxcalan casualties ⓘ loss of much of the Spanish treasure taken from Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → hasPart → La Noche Triste ⓘ

Hernán Cortés → notableEvent → La Noche Triste ⓘ

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain → describesEvent → La Noche Triste ⓘ

Moctezuma II → event → La Noche Triste ⓘ

Cuitláhuac → associatedEvent → La Noche Triste ⓘ

Battle of Otumba → precededBy → La Noche Triste ⓘ

Siege of Tenochtitlan → precededBy → La Noche Triste ⓘ

The Sad Night → hasAlias → La Noche Triste ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noche Triste