Codex Black Timeline

The following is a timeline of the important events related to the story of Codex Black, including events that occurred prior to the beginning of the story but still have an important effect on it and its characters.

= Timeline by year =

1410's

 * 1417: Huitzilihuitl dies, and Chimalpopoca succeeds him as the 3rd Mexica Lord of Tenochtitlan when he was just a child, in the time in which the city was subject to the power of Azcapotzalco.
 * 1418: Yalaana, Huijatao of Lyobaa, is born on an 11-Death day (9/4).

1420's

 * 1426: Chimalpopoca is murdered, allegedly by Maxtla, the new Lord of Azcapotzalco. His uncle, Itzcoatl, becomes the 4th Mexica Lord of Tenochtitlan.
 * 1427: Tenochtitlan revolts against the Tepanec Empire of Azcapotzalco together with Texcoco and Tlacopan.
 * 1428: Birth of the Triple Alliance, conformed by the three cities, thus becoming the greatest rising power of the Anahuac.

1440's

 * 1440: Itzcoatl dies and his nephew, Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, becomes the 5th Mexica Emperor.

1450's
-Cosijoeza is born on a 7-Cloudy day (6/4). -Béelia is born on a 1-Night day (10/6).
 * 1454: Tliltototl is born on a 4-Snake day (4/27).
 * 1455: Ahuizotl is born on a 7-Jaguar day (10/28).
 * 1457:

1460's
-Motecuhzoma II, son of Axayacatl, is born on an 8-Movement day (9/18). - New Fire Ceremony.
 * 1467:
 * 1469: Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina dies and his grandson, Axayacatl, becomes the 6th Mexica Emperor.

1470's
-Axayacatl submits several Mazahua provinces and the Otomi lordship of Xiquipilco in the Matlatzinca Valley after they refused to pay taxes to the Triple Alliance. -Citlalmina is born on a 7-Vulture day (2/12). -The mysterious man named Chinapii appears in Quie Yelaag and meets Béelia (18). -Itzcacalotl is born on a 12-Lizard day (12/12).
 * 1474:
 * 1475:
 * 1476: Axayacatl conquers Malinalco.
 * 1478: Donaji is born on a 10-Jaguar day (3/21).
 * 1479:Aztec-Tarascan War - Axayacatl is defeated in Taximaroa by the Tarascan Empire, marking the first great defeat of the Triple Alliance since its establishment.

1480's
-Tizoc's military failures and mishaps erode Tenochtitlan's authority, and rebellions against the Triple Alliance spark all around the Cemanahuac. -Chinapii leaves Quie Yelaag. -Ahuizotl (32) starts two campaigns against the Cemanahuac Southlands and the Huasteca in the Eastern Coasts. -Cosijoeza (30) becomes the Coquitao, "Great King" of Zaachila after the death of his father, Zaachila III. -Inauguration ceremony of the Great Temple's expansion in Tenochtitlan under Ahuizotl's rule. Numerous war captives from the previous two campaigns were sacrificed for this celebration.
 * 1481: Axayacatl dies and his older brother, Tizoc, becomes the 7th Mexica Emperor.
 * 1482:
 * 1486: Tizoc dies under strange circumstances and his youngest brother, Ahuizotl (31), becomes the 8th Mexica Emperor.
 * 1487:
 * 1488: Donaji & the Magical Poncho - Donaji (9) receives Chicahualizteotl's Magical Poncho from Béelia and allegedly drives off from Quie Yelaag the mischievous god of cold and ice, Itztlacoliuhqui (3/20).

1490's
-An entire city mysteriously vanishes from one day to another in the Eastern Coasts. -Citlalmina (16) meets the "skull goddess" and begins wandering around the Cemanahuac.
 * 1490:
 * 1493: Codex Black - Donaji (15) and Itzcacalotl (17) meet.