Was the 1521 surrender of the great Indigenous empire to the Spanish crown a triumphant conquest, ... Tenochtitlan finally surrendered to the Spanish and their allies on August 13, 1521, ...

The exhibition, “The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits From Imperial Spain,” which closes Nov. 1, is part of an extraordinary Spanish summer at the National Gallery.

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WASHINGTON — During the first three centuries of American history — from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world, through the years that revolutionaries struggled for independence ...

Persistent rumors make great folklore.Edgar John L’Heureux Jr. has heard stories of an old Spanish breastplate found near the shoreline of Lake Jesup.Now, L’Heureux has quite an imagination.

On Aug. 13, 1521, Spanish conquerer Hernando Cortez captured what is now Mexico City from the Aztec Indians.In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned France`s royal family.In 1818, suffragist ...

The Aztec outnumbered the Spanish, but that didn't stop Hernán Cortés from seizing Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521. This 18th-century oil painting, part of the Conquest of Mexico series ...

Spanish armor, portraits on view in D.C. BRETT ZONGKER. WASHINGTON (AP) — During the first three centuries of American history — from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world, ...

Persistent rumors make great folklore. Edgar John L’Heureux Jr. has heard stories of an old Spanish breastplate found near the shoreline of Lake Jesup. Now, L’Heureux has quite an imagination.