massacre at Cholula

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The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cholula massacre ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula

Matanza de Cholula ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula
associatedWith Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Moctezuma II ⓘ
Tlaxcalan leadership ⓘ
commandedBy Hernán Cortés ⓘ
context early phase of Spanish invasion of central Mexico ⓘ
documentedBy Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s chronicle ⓘ
Hernán Cortés’s letters to Charles V ⓘ
Indigenous pictorial codices ⓘ
estimatedDeathToll between 3,000 and 6,000 (approximate, debated) ⓘ
thousands ⓘ
followedBy Spanish entry into Tenochtitlan in November 1519 ⓘ
Spanish march to Tenochtitlan ⓘ
hasCause Spanish desire to intimidate Indigenous polities ⓘ
Spanish fear of an alleged ambush ⓘ
strategic move to secure route to Tenochtitlan ⓘ
hasDate October 1519 ⓘ
hasLocation Central Mexico ⓘ
Cholula ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro Cholula

Cholula, Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Cholula
hasYear 1519 ⓘ
historicalInterpretation controversial event with differing Spanish and Indigenous accounts ⓘ
example of early colonial terror tactics ⓘ
involvedAlly Tlaxcala ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Nahuatl ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
method surprise attack ⓘ
use of Indigenous auxiliary warriors ⓘ
use of firearms and steel weapons ⓘ
partOf Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
perpetratedBy Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Spanish conquistadors ⓘ
Tlaxcalan allies of the Spanish ⓘ
precededBy Spanish alliance with Tlaxcala ⓘ
result devastation of Cholula’s population ⓘ
intimidation of other Indigenous cities ⓘ
strengthening of Spanish-Tlaxcalan alliance ⓘ
targetedGroup Cholulteca people ⓘ
Nahuatl-speaking Indigenous people ⓘ
tookPlaceAtReligiousCenter Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
tookPlaceInPolity Aztec Empire ⓘ
Triple Alliance sphere of influence ⓘ
victims Cholulan nobles ⓘ
Cholulan priests ⓘ
Indigenous inhabitants of Cholula ⓘ

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Massacre at Cholula → alsoKnownAs → Cholula massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: massacre at Cholula
linked to: massacre at Cholula
Massacre at Cholula → alsoKnownAs → Matanza de Cholula ⓘ
subject linked to: massacre at Cholula
linked to: massacre at Cholula
Cholulan nobles → notableEvent → Massacre at Cholula ⓘ
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Cholulan nobles → killedIn → Massacre at Cholula ⓘ
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Battle of Cholula → alsoKnownAs → Massacre of Cholula ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula
Cholula culture → associatedWithEvent → Massacre in Cholula ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula
Cholulteca → sufferedEvent → Cholula massacre ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula