Cuauhtémoc (also Cuauhtemotzin or Guatimozin; also written Cuauhtemoc without the diacritical mark) was the last The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. It was a tribe with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City. (The Aztecs is also a... Aztec ruler ( A tlatoani was a member of the Aztec nobility. Tlatoani is Nahuatl and means speaker. Often the word tlatoani is used to refer to the Hueyi Tlatoani (great speaker), the Aztec emperor. Categories: Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica | Aztec History ... Tlatoani) of Plan of Tenochtitlan ( Dr Atl) Mexico City statue commemorating the foundation of Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan (pronounced ) or, alternatively, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was the capital of the Aztec empire, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now central Mexico. The city was largely destroyed in the 1520s by... Tenochtitlán and the last "Aztec Emperor". The name means "descending eagle", from Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. It was the lingua franca of Mesoamerica for the millennium spanning from the 7th century through the late 16th century of the current era. Also known as Mexican language, it was the language spoken by the people now known as Aztecs and... Nahuatl cuauhtli (eagle) and temoc (descent); by extension it can be interpreted as "setting sun".

He lived c. Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. December... 1502 - February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemys Nabonassar Era. 1266 - Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combined German- Sicilian force. 1797 - The... February 26, Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zurich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. February 10 - Albert of Prussia committed... 1525. Cuauhtémoc took power in Events January 18 - King Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. June - Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan is declared deposed due to his captivity by conquistador Hernán Cortés. His brother Cuitláhuac rises to the throne. June 7 - Field of Cloth of Gold. Famous meeting between King... 1520 as successor of Cuaitláhuac and was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II (also Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) (1466-1520) was an Aztec ruler or tlatoani c. 1502-1520. Name He is sometimes referred to as Moctezuma only. Montezuma is an older English spelling of the name, while Moctezuma is commonly used in Spanish. Motecuhzoma is the original name in Nahuatl, pronounced Mo... Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the throne as his city was being besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected... smallpox. He was about 18 years of age at the time. Probably after the The Massacre in the Main Temple of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán is an episode in the conquest of Mexico by Spain. While Hernán Cortés was in Tenochtitlán, he heard about other Spaniards arriving on the coast – Pánfilo de Narváez, had come from Cuba... killings in the main temple, there were few Aztec captains available.

On August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. Events up to 999 523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope. 1000-1499 1099 - Paschal II elected Pope. 1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence dAnjou. 1326 - Aradia de... August 13, Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. January 28 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. March 6 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam. March 16 - Philippines. April 7 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. April 17 - 18 - Martin Luther speaks to emperor Charles V and the German Diet of... 1521, Cuauhtémoc went to call for reinforcements from the countryside to aid the falling Tenochtitlán, after eighty days straight of urban warfare against the Spanish. He was captured while crossing Lake Texcoco is a lake in Mexico. The lake was formed on a closed basin, with no drains, so it was salty. It occupied a great extension of the Anahuac valley, forming part of system of five lakes, between 2,270 and 2,750 meters above sea level, in the... Lake Texcoco in disguise, he surrendered to -1... Hernán Cortés in the Tlatelolco is an area in Mexico City, centered around the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec pyramid, the 17th century church Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry. During the Aztec rule, it was the... Tlatelolco section of Tenochtitlán, with that the great Aztec civilization came to an end.

Cuauhtémoc was tortured by having his feet put to a fire, but even so refused to divulge information about the treasures the Spanish coveted. Cortés eventually ordered him hanged on February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemys Nabonassar Era. 1266 - Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combined German- Sicilian force. 1797 - The... 26 February Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zurich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. February 10 - Albert of Prussia committed... 1525, on his trip to Honduras is a country in northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. Belize (formerly British Honduras) is 75 km away across the Bay... Honduras. Cortés proabably took Cuauhtémoc with him so he wouldn't have to kill him close to his fellow Aztecs.

The modern-day The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexican town of Ixcateopan in Other Mexican States Capital Chilpancingo Other major cities Acapulco, Taxco, list of municipalities Area 64,281 km² Ranked 14th Population (2000 census) 3,075,080 Ranked 11th Governor (1999-2005) René Juárez Cisneros (PRI) Federal Deputies (10) PRI = 6 PRD = 4 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PRD = 1 ISO 3166... Guerrero state is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains.

Many places in Mexico are named in honour of Cuauhtémoc. These include Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in This article is about the state in Mexico; for the city of Chihuahua, see: Chihuahua. Other Mexican States Capital Chihuahua Other major cities Ciudad Juárez Cuauhtémoc list of municipalities Area 244,938 km² Ranked 1st Population (2000 census) 3,047,900 Ranked 12th Governor (2004-2010) José Reyes... Chihuahua and the Cuauhtémoc borough of the Other Mexican States Capital Mexico City Area 1,479 km² Ranked 32nd Population (2000 census) 8,591,300 Ranked 2nd Head of Govt (2000-06) Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) Federal Deputies (30) PRD = 27 PAN = 3 Federal Senators PAN = 1 PVEM = 1 PRD = 1 ISO 3166-2... Mexican Federal District. There is also a Cuauhtémoc station on the A Mexico City metro distinctive orange train on a surface track, on Line 2 The Mexico City Metro provides mass transit transportation to large areas of the Mexican Federal District. It was the worlds first metro system to identify its stations by means of symbols. It is also one... Mexico City metro.

Cuauhtémoc is also the name of a training ship belonging to the Mexican Navy.