THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 28
April 28 in history
What happened on April 28: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1521, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Launch of Cortés’s brigantines
28 April 1521 — Thirteen brigantines were launched at Texcoco. These sailing ships had been built in Tlaxcala under Martín López with Indigenous carpenters, then carried in pieces over the mountains. They gave the besiegers control of the lake and broke through Nezahualcoyotl’s dike.
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