Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Hernán Cortés

Battles of Hernán Cortés

Spanish conquistador, 1485 to 1547

Hernán Cortés is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1520 and 1521: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Mexico. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,454 km apart end to end, 864 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (4).

Battle of CempoalaLa Noche TristeBattle of OtumbaFall of TenochtitlanBattle of ColhuacatoncoBattle of CempoalaLa Noche TristeBattle of OtumbaFall of TenochtitlanHoustonMonterreyGuadalajaraNew OrleansSan AntonioMéridaTampicoChihuahuaMazatlánLeón1000 km25.050N, 102.819W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1520: 3 engagements3 in 15201521: 2 engagements15201521
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cempoala, 1520La Noche Triste, 1520Battle of Otumba, 1520Fall of Tenochtitlan, 1521Battle of Colhuacatonco, 152115201521
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1520Battle of CempoalaCempoala, MexicoCempoala victory
30 June 1520La Noche TristeLake Texcoco, Mexico1,793 km NWMexica victory
7 July 1520Battle of OtumbaOtompan, Mexico1,610 km SESpanish-Tlaxcalan victory
10 May 1521Fall of TenochtitlanTenochtitlan, Mexico49 km SWSpanish and Tlaxcaltec victory; Fall of the Mexica
30 June 1521Battle of ColhuacatoncoMexico1 km NWMexica victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown artistUnknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.