Region: The Americas · Coordinates: 19.318, -98.238 · 20 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | Two envoys took a letter and a hat, were captured before they finished speaking and became prisoners; we waited two days. |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | They camped in the town of Teoaxingo (Tebasingo) and its villages (chapter 64 title). |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | On the morning of September 5, 1519, they inspected the horses: the great battle with the Tlaxcalan army (chapter 65 title). |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | The Tlaxcalans again asked for peace, and people from Cempoala came along: peace negotiations (around chapter 68). |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | Leaders of the Tlaxcalan capital told their general Xicotenga four times not to attack but to make peace, yet Xicotenga prepared to strike the camp with 20,000 elite troops (chapter 70). |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | Cortés, feverish, was talking with Montezuma's envoys when word came that the Tlaxcalan commander-in-chief had come to make peace. |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | A Tlaxcalan said they were a poor people with no gold, silver, jewels, cotton cloth or even salt, and that Montezuma blocked trade. |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | On September 23, 1519, Cortés's army entered the city of Tlaxcala. |
| AD 1519 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | Mase Escasi and Xicotenga explained the defenses of the city of Mexico, the depth of the lake, the causeways and the wooden bridges. |
| AD 1519 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | Cortés left camp and entered the city of Tlaxcala, six leagues away. The market drew 30,000 people a day; the province's perimeter was 90 leagues (as stated in the source). |
| AD 1519 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | The Tlaxcalan chiefs warned that Montezuma's 50,000 troops had ambushes and traps set at Cholula, but Cortés decided to go. |
| AD 1519 | Florentine Codex | Alarmed, Tlaxcala sends envoys with provisions and other gifts and receives the Spaniards peacefully; the Spaniards rest for several days and learn about Mexico and Moctezuma |
| AD 1520 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | Marching at full speed, the whole party reached Tlaxcala and learned that Montezuma's troops had not stopped attacking until the news of Narváez's defeat came (chapter 125). |
| AD 1520 | Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain | The Spanish troops reached the great city of Tlaxcala and were welcomed there (chapter 129 title). |
| AD 1520 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | On arriving at Tlaxcala, the chiefs visited to console them; the chiefs of Huejotzingo also joined. |
| AD 1520 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | They stayed in Tlaxcala for 20 days, tending their wounds. |
| AD 1520 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | On arriving at Tlaxcala he confirmed that the carpenters had hurriedly assembled the hulls and planks of the brigantines. |
| AD 1520 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | Two days after Christmas, a review at Tlaxcala: 40 cavalry, 550 infantry, and so on. |
| AD 1520 | Cortés, Letters from Mexico | On December 28, the feast of the Holy Innocents, he left Tlaxcala with the entire army, marching six leagues. |
| AD 1520 | Florentine Codex | When the Mexicans drive the Spaniards out, the Spaniards retreat to Tlaxcala, and there smallpox returns and kills countless people, Sahagún writes |