Battle of Otumba

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The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.

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Battle of Otumba canonical 7
Batalla de Otumba 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Batalla de Otumba ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Otumba
approximateStrengthAztecSide tens of thousands of warriors ⓘ
approximateStrengthSpanishSide several hundred Spanish soldiers ⓘ
thousands of Indigenous allies ⓘ
belligerent Aztec Empire ⓘ
Indigenous allies of the Spanish ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
chronology fought shortly after the Spanish escape from Tenochtitlan ⓘ
combatant Aztec warriors ⓘ
Hernán Cortés’s expeditionary force ⓘ
Tlaxcalan warriors allied with Spain ⓘ
commander Aztec noble and military leaders ⓘ
Cuitláhuac ⓘ
Hernán Cortés ⓘ
conflict Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
countryAtTime Aztec Empire ⓘ
date 1520-07-14 ⓘ
followedBy Spanish retreat to Tlaxcala ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early 16th century ⓘ
impact boosted morale of Spanish and their Indigenous allies ⓘ
weakened Aztec military position in central Mexico ⓘ
involvedEntity Aztec Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
location Otumba, central Mexico ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ
notableEvent killing of key Aztec leaders during the battle ⓘ
notableTactic Spanish cavalry charges against Aztec formations ⓘ
opponentWeaponUsed obsidian-bladed macuahuitl ⓘ
spears and atlatls ⓘ
partOf Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
precededBy La Noche Triste ⓘ
relatedEvent Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) ⓘ
relatedPlace Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
result Spanish and allied Indigenous victory ⓘ
significance allowed Cortés to preserve his army after retreat from Tenochtitlan ⓘ
helped secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
pivotal engagement in the Spanish conquest of central Mexico ⓘ
theater Mesoamerican mainland ⓘ
weaponUsed Spanish cavalry ⓘ
crossbows and firearms ⓘ
steel swords and lances ⓘ
year 1520 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Noche Triste → followedBy → Battle of Otumba ⓘ
Battle of Otumba → alsoKnownAs → Batalla de Otumba ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Otumba
Siege of Tenochtitlan → precededBy → Battle of Otumba ⓘ
Otumba → historicallyNotableFor → Battle of Otumba ⓘ
subject linked to: Otumba, central Mexico
Otumba → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Otumba ⓘ
subject linked to: Otumba, central Mexico
Otumba → historicallyNotableFor → Battle of Otumba ⓘ
Otumba → eventLocation → Battle of Otumba ⓘ