Itzcóatl was the leader of the Tenochcas or 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 from Events Lincoln College in Oxford is founded. Balsics rule of Montenegro comes to an end. Bhaktapur Royal Palace in Nepal is built by King Yaksa Malla. Gabriel V elected Patriarch of the Coptic Church for the second time. Minrekyansa becomes King of Ava (ancient Burma). Conflict of Druimnacour in Sutherland... 1427/ Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. Jean, Comte de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders. October 24 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command... 1428 to For alternative meanings, see number 1440. Events Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Moctezuma I, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina. End of term for Regent of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde. Births January 22 - Ivan III, grand duke of Moscow (+ 1505) February 22 - Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary... 1440. He began the building of the great city 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. Temples, roads and a causeway were built. Itzcóatl established the religious and governmental hierarchy that was assumed by The first great leader of the Aztecs, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, or Moctezuma I (the surname meaning solitary one who shoots an arrow into the sky) was born from a noble named Huitzilihuitl. He took power as Tlatoani of Tenochtitlán in 1440; he was preceded by Itzcóatl and followed by... Moctezuma I upon his death in 1440.