Battle of Otumba

When

17 Jul 1520

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

19.70° N, 98.75° W

Description

1520 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs

1520 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Mexica

The Battle of Otumba was a major battle fought on 7 July 1520 between the Aztec Empire and its allies led by the Cihuacoatl Matlatzincátzin, and Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés, alongside support from the Confederacy of Tlaxcala. The battle was fought on the plain of Temalcatitlán, near modern-day Otumba during the conquest of the Aztec Empire by Spain.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Otumba near Lake Texcaco: The Spaniards defeat the Aztecs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Otumba Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Cortés sur les Aztèques à la bataille d'Otumba”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “59 km al noreste de la Ciudad de México, el conquistador español Hernán Cortés con sus aliados tlaxcaltecas derrotan a los aztecas en la batalla de Otumba”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page