Battle of Cholula

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The Battle of Cholula was a pivotal 1519 confrontation during Hernán Cortés’s conquest of the Aztec Empire, marked by a massacre in the city of Cholula carried out with crucial support from the Tlaxcalans.

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Battle of Cholula canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
allegedCause Cortés’s desire to send a warning to the Aztec Empire ⓘ
Spanish claim of a Cholulan–Aztec plot to ambush them ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Massacre of Cholula ⓘ
linked to: massacre at Cholula
associatedWith Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
Moctezuma II ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
belligerent Cholulan authorities allied with the Aztec Empire ⓘ
Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Tlaxcalan allies ⓘ
casualties Tlaxcalan casualties not well documented ⓘ
few Spanish casualties ⓘ
thousands of Cholulan inhabitants killed ⓘ
commander Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Tlaxcalan leaders ⓘ
conflictType mass killing of civilians and nobles ⓘ
countryAtTime Aztec Empire ⓘ
date 1519 ⓘ
followedBy Spanish march to Tenochtitlan ⓘ
meeting of Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan ⓘ
hasSignificance demonstrated Spanish–Tlaxcalan military alliance ⓘ
pivotal event in the advance toward Tenochtitlan ⓘ
used by Cortés to terrorize potential opponents ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early 16th century Mesoamerica ⓘ
impact encouraged some indigenous polities to ally with the Spanish ⓘ
weakened Aztec prestige among subject cities ⓘ
involved Aztec emissaries and influence in Cholula ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup Cholulans ⓘ
linked to: Cholulteca people

Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Spaniards ⓘ
Tlaxcalans ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryAccounts Spanish ⓘ
location Central Mexico ⓘ
Cholula ⓘ
Cholula, Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Cholula
partOf Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
precededBy Spanish–Tlaxcalan War ⓘ
primarySource Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain" ⓘ
Hernán Cortés’s letters to Charles V ⓘ
region Mesoamerica ⓘ
result decisive Spanish–Tlaxcalan victory ⓘ
intimidation of other Mesoamerican polities ⓘ
massacre of Cholulan inhabitants ⓘ
supportedBy Tlaxcalans ⓘ
year 1519 ⓘ

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Tlaxcalans → tookPartIn → Battle of Cholula ⓘ