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    La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night") was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán...
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    "Mi noche triste" ('My sad night') was the first tango the singer Carlos Gardel recorded. Pascual Contursi wrote the lyrics and Samuel Castriota the music...
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    army came just short of annihilation. It is still remembered as "La Noche Triste," The Night of Sorrows. Popular tales say Cortés wept under a tree the...
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    to escape yet, the Aztecs attacked. The Massacre is most known as La Noche Triste (the sorrowful night) about "400 Spaniards, 4000 native allies and many...
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    other films such as El cura gaucho (1941), La calle grita (1948), Mi noche triste (1951), Zafra (1958) and La Boda (1964). His last film as a director...
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  • Tenochtitlan as a prisoner with other noble men by the Spaniards during the Noche Triste, when he was killed being struck with a bolt from a crossbow.: 87  León-Portilla...
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    retreat from the city, which they did on what is called the Sad Night (La Noche Triste), losing most of their men, who were either killed in the battle or were...
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  • to some sources, was a son of the Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma II. In the Noche Triste ("Night of Sorrows"), the Spanish took him out of Tenochtitlan as a prisoner...
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    Dona Luisa, to Juan Velazquez de Leon, both of whom were killed on La Noche Triste.: 307  Maxixcatzin was instrumental in forming the alliance between Tlaxcallan...
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    pianist, guitarist and composer. He is the composer of the tango Mi noche triste, among other works. Born in Buenos Aires, Castriota spent his childhood...
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    retreat without detection in what is known as the "Sad Night" or La Noche Triste, realizing that they were vulnerable to the hostile Mexica in Tenochtitlan...
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    having suffered casualties a few days before in the episode known as La Noche Triste. A year later, by reinforcing his army with new men and supplies, and...
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    Naucalpan claims to be the area where Hernán Cortés rested on the "Noche Triste" as they fled Tenochtitlan in 1520, but this is disputed. It is the home...
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    died during the retreat of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, on La Noche Triste.: 302 : 90  While staying in the Axayácatl palace, the Spaniards discovered...
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  • 2nd-century CE Chinese texts and manuscripts from Ivan IV's own era. La Noche Triste treasure Partially Confirmed 1520 — Large amount of gold looted from...
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  • than 30 years. He sang in the world premieres of Jean Prodromides's La Noche Triste, Gavin Bryars's Medea, and the revised version of György Ligeti's Le...
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  • Y llegaron de noche is a Mexican television comedy series created by Rob Greenberg and Bob Fisher that revolves around the production of the 1931 Spanish-language...
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    Due to these corps, the Aztecs were able to defeat the Spanish in La Noche Triste. The Eagle Warrior Temple is located in Malinalco, Mexico. The temple...
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     294, 296  In a bloody nocturnal action of 10 July 1520, known as La Noche Triste, Alvarado led the rear-guard and was badly wounded.: 296–300  According...
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    Aztec Empire Mythology Military Codices History La Noche Triste Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire Engineering Education Religion Cuisine Calendar Architecture...
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    In 1917, folk singer Carlos Gardel recorded his first tango song Mi Noche Triste, forever associating tango with the feeling of tragic love as revealed...
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    until, on the night of 30 June 1520 – during a struggle known as "La Noche Triste" – the Aztecs rose up against the Spanish intrusion and managed to capture...
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  • attacked the Spaniards as they fled the city of Tenochtitlán, during the La Noche Triste.: 286, 297, 300–301  Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London:...
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    eventually forced to retreat, suffering their worst losses since La Noche Triste and the Battle of Otumba a year earlier. Though much of the fighting...
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  • Aztecs revolted and expelled Cortés and his army from Tenochtitlan (La Noche Triste, June 30, 1520). However, Tecuichpotzin was left behind in the city by...
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    1917 with his rendition of Pascual Contursi and Samuel Castriota's Mi noche triste. The recording sold 10,000 copies and was a hit throughout Latin America...
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    the chronicle, after the Spanish and Tlaxcaltecs retreat from the la Noche Triste, a lone Aztec warrior challenged them on the road to a singles combat...
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    hostile population, Cortés decided to flee for Tlaxcala. During the Noche Triste (June 30 – July 1, 1520), the Spaniards managed a narrow escape from...
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  • Caminos Me Estás Acabando Ten Compasión De Mí ¿Por Qué Dudas De Mí? Mi Noche Triste Esta Navidad En Grande (1985) Pero Que Navidad Por Qué Bailas Con Él...
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    his people. His brother Cuitláhuac rises to the throne. July 1 – La Noche Triste (Night of Sorrow): The forces of Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan...
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