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Hernan Cortes fleeing the Aztec capital

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Hernan Cortes fleeing the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, with the Spaniards, 30 June 1520. Event recalled as ' La noche triste ' (The sad night) - as the Aztecs had destroyed the bridge Cortes was supposed to use.

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