Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
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Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
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The Massacre in the Great Temple, also called the Alvarado Massacre, was an event on 22 May 1520, in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, in which the celebration of the Feast of Toxcatl ended in a massacre of Aztec elites.
While Hernán Cortés was in Tenochtitlan, he heard about other Spaniards arriving on the coast – Pánfilo de Narváez had come from Cuba with orders to arrest him – and Cortés was forced to leave the city to fight them. During his absen
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1520 killing of unarmed Aztec elites by Spaniards during the conquest of the Aztec Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple_of_Tenochtitlan
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2004-04-27T09:45:11Z
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2024-08-27T11:56:59Z
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