ID: 901001726 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001726	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Night of Sorrows (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)

Note: Night during which Aztecs at Tenochtitlán fought Spanish troops and their indigenous allies trying to make their way out of the city, with the latter suffering significant losses.

Display Date: 30 June-01 July 1520

Names:

	Night of Sorrows (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Noche triste (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (Spanish-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........Mexican history (P)
		............Spanish Conquest of Mexico (Mexican-Spanish history, 1519-1521) (P)
		................Night of Sorrows (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	participant was .... Kingdom of Spain
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	actor is .... anonymous Aztec (Aztec cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Night of Sorrows (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)
	................Levy, Conquistador (2008) 191
	................Díaz, The Essential Díaz (2014) 125
	................Russell, History of Mexico (2010) 23
	Noche triste (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)
	................Flores, Historia de México I (2014) 142
	................Delgado, Historia de México, Vol. 1 (2002) 237
	................Orozco, Fechas históricas de México (2006) 23

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress (2016-) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/conquest-of-mexico-paintings.html#obj4
	................ Delgado, Historia de México, Vol. 1 (2002) 237
	................ Russell, History of Mexico (2010) 23