{"slug": "moctezuma-ii", "label": "Moctezuma II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moctezuma_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141791", "qid": "Q141791", "description": "9th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance (1466-1520)", "entries": 9, "years": 6, "span": [1466, 1520], "span_label": ["1466 CE", "1520 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tenochtitlan", "label": "Tenochtitlan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "tlatoani", "label": "Tlatoani", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "aztec", "label": "Aztec", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "axayacatl", "label": "Axayacatl", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mexico-city", "label": "Mexico City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hernan-cortes", "label": "Hernán Cortés", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pedro-de-alvarado", "label": "Pedro de Alvarado", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1466, "year_label": "1466 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Probable – Moctezuma II, Aztec Tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City), 1502–1520, son of Axayacatl (d. 1520)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340205441#Births", "title": "1466", "revid": 1340205441, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1502, "year_label": "1502 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Moctezuma II is elected emperor of the Aztecs, following the death of Ahuitzotl.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367622674#Date_unknown", "title": "1502", "revid": 1367622674, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1503, "year_label": "1503 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The coronation of Moctezuma II as ruler of the Aztec Empire takes place at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, part of modern-day Mexico City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366510845#April–June", "title": "1503", "revid": 1366510845, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – Emperor Moctezuma II of Mexico's Aztec Empire subdues a rebellion in Zozollan, east of Achiutia, then kills the prisoners of war as a sacrifice to the gods.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#April–June", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, and appears at the court of Aztec ruler Moctezuma II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#October–December", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – The Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan takes place in Mexico after the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II is allowed by the Deputy Governor of New Spain, Pedro de Alvarado, to host Aztec nobles at the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan to celebrate the Feat of Toxcatl in honor of the god Tezcatlipoca. Alvarado uses the opportunity to kill more than 600 Aztec warriors and commanders, but spares Moctezuma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#April–June", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, is assassinated by other Aztec leaders as he attempts to address his people. His brother Cuitláhuac rises to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#April–June", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Moctezuma II, 9th Tlatoani (emperor) of the Aztecs, assassinated or possibly killed in a riot, 1502-1520 (b. 1466)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#Deaths", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October", "text": "October – Cuitláhuac, 10th Tlatoani (emperor) of the Aztecs, 1520, brother of Moctezuma II, smallpox (b. c. 1476)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#Deaths", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Deaths"}}]}