What Happened on June 30, 1520

Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle

Moctezuma II, Aztec emperor (1502-20), killed either by the Spanish or stoned to death by his own people