Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

When

1 Jun 1520

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

100

Coordinates

19.43° N, 99.13° W

1520 killing of unarmed Aztec elites by Spaniards during the conquest of the Aztec Empire

The Massacre in the Great Temple, also called the Toxcatl Massacre, or the Alvarado Massacre, was an event on 22 May 1520, in the Mexica, also known as the Aztec, capital of Tenochtitlan during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, in which the celebration of the Feast of Toxcatl ended in a massacre of Mexica elites.

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