Hernán Cortés
1485 to 1547
12 documented presences
10 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Hernán Cortés across 10 places, from 1510 to 1548. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (c. 1485 – 2 December 1547) was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the ruleWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Hernán Cortés was documented, and when
11 July 1510exact date
Ciudad de Mexicoattested
“* don Luis Cortés, born in 1525, son of doña Antonia or Elvira Hermosillo, a native of Trujillo (Cáceres) * doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma, born in 1527 or 1528 in Ciudad de Mexico, daughter of Aztec princess Tecuichpotzin (baptized Isabel…”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1514 to 1515period
Cubaattested
“The children of Don Hernán Cortés born out of wedlock were: * doña Catalina Pizarro, born between 1514 and 1515 in Santiago de Cuba or maybe later in Nueva España, daughter of an indigenous woman in Cuba, Leonor Pizarro.”
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1514 to 1515period
Santiago de Cubaattested
“The children of Don Hernán Cortés born out of wedlock were: * doña Catalina Pizarro, born between 1514 and 1515 in Santiago de Cuba or maybe later in Nueva España, daughter of an indigenous woman in Cuba, Leonor Pizarro.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1522year
Coyoacánattested
“* don Martín Cortés, born in Coyoacán in 1522, son of doña Marina (La Malinche), called the First Mestizo; about him was written The New World of Martín Cortés; married doña Bernaldina de Porras and had two children: ** doña Ana Cortés *…”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1522 to 1529period
Cubaattested
“Cortés married twice, firstly in Cuba to Catalina Suárez Marcaida, who died at Coyoacán in 1522 without issue, and secondly in 1529 to doña Juana Ramírez de Arellano de Zúñiga, daughter of don Carlos Ramírez de Arellano, 2nd Count of Agu…”
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1530year
Texcoco, Mexicoattested
“The children of Cortés and doña Juana Ramírez de Arellano de Zúñiga were: * don Luis Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano, born in Texcoco in 1530 and died shortly after his birth.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1531year
Cuernavacaattested
“* doña Catalina Cortés de Zúñiga, born in Cuernavaca in 1531 and died shortly after her birth.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1547year
Mexicoattested
“Disgusted, he decided to return to Mexico in 1547.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
2 December 1547exact date
Castilleja de la Cuestaattested
“He died in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Seville province, on 2 December 1547, from a case of pleurisy at the age of 62.”
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24 February 1548exact date
Cuernavacaattested
“* don Martín Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca, born in Cuernavaca in 1532, married at Nalda on 24 February 1548, his twice cousin once removed doña Ana Ramírez de Arellano y Ramírez de Arellano and had i…”
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24 February 1548exact date
Naldaattested
“* don Martín Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca, born in Cuernavaca in 1532, married at Nalda on 24 February 1548, his twice cousin once removed doña Ana Ramírez de Arellano y Ramírez de Arellano and had i…”
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24 February 1548exact date
Sevillaattested
“* don Martín Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca, born in Cuernavaca in 1532, married at Nalda on 24 February 1548, his twice cousin once removed doña Ana Ramírez de Arellano y Ramírez de Arellano and had i…”
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Places Hernán Cortés is documented in
Cuba2 presences · 1514 to 1522Cuernavaca2 presences · 1531 to 1548Mexico1 presence · 1547
Castilleja de la Cuesta1 presence · 1547
Ciudad de Mexico1 presence · 1510
Coyoacán1 presence · 1522
Nalda1 presence · 1548
Santiago de Cuba1 presence · 1514
Sevilla1 presence · 1548
Texcoco, Mexico1 presence · 1530
Other places tied to Hernán Cortés in the record
In each of these, a source puts Hernán Cortés and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Hernán Cortés was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1504year
Santo Domingomentioned
“Upon his arrival in 1504 in Santo Domingo, the capital of Hispaniola, the 18-year-old Cortés registered as a citizen; this entitled him to a building plot and land to farm.”
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1518year
Mexicomentioned
“He missed the first two expeditions, under the orders of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba and then Juan de Grijalva, sent by Diego Velázquez to Mexico in 1518.”
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1519year
San Juan de Ulúamentioned
“At San Juan de Ulúa on Easter Sunday 1519, Cortés met with Moctezuma II's Aztec Empire governors Tendile and Pitalpitoque.”
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August 1519month
Veracruzmentioned
“Leaving a hundred men in Veracruz, Cortés marched on Tenochtitlán in mid-August 1519, along with 600 soldiers, 15 horsemen, 15 cannons, and hundreds of indigenous carriers and warriors.”
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October 1519month
Cholula (Mesoamerican site)mentioned
“In October 1519, Cortés and his men, accompanied by about 1,000 Tlaxcalteca, marched to Cholula, the second-largest city in central Mexico.”
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April 1520month
Mexicomentioned
“Meanwhile, Velázquez sent another expedition, led by Pánfilo de Narváez, to oppose Cortés, arriving in Mexico in April 1520 with 1,100 men.”
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30 October 1520exact date
Sevillementioned
“The Segunda Carta de Relacion, bearing the date of 30 October 1520, appeared in print at Seville in 1522.”
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1521year
Spainmentioned
“In 1521, the year of the Conquest, Charles was attending to matters in his German domains, and Bishop Adrian of Utrecht functioned as regent in Spain.”
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15 May 1522exact date
Sevillementioned
“The third letter, dated 15 May 1522, appeared at Seville in 1523.”
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1524 to 1526period
Hondurasmentioned
“From 1524 to 1526, Cortés headed an expedition to Honduras where he defeated Cristóbal de Olid, who had claimed Honduras as his own under the influence of the Governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez.”
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20 October 1524exact date
Toledo, Spainmentioned
“The fourth, 20 October 1524, was printed at Toledo in 1525.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
29 December 1524exact date
Mexicomentioned
“He therefore ordered Salazar and Almíndez Chirino back to Mexico City to rejoin the government, which they did on 29 December 1524.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1526year
Cuernavacamentioned
“In 1526, he built an imposing residence for himself, the Palace of Cortés in Cuernavaca, in a region close to the capital where he had extensive encomienda holdings.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
1526year
Sevillementioned
“Albornoz, who had sailed for Spain shortly after Ponce de León's arrival in 1526, persuaded the Council of the Indies on his arrival in Seville to release Salazar and Almíndez Chirino, against Cortés' wishes.”
source: Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
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