Tenochtitlan · event 2 of 7

1325

The eagle on the cactus. The Mexica settle an island in Lake Texcoco, where tradition says they saw the sign they had been promised. The image is now on the flag.

The Tenochtitlan era

  1. c. 100 AD
  2. 1325
  3. 1428
  4. c. 1450
  5. 1487
  6. 8 November 1519
  7. 1520

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