Purépecha Kingdom

This article is about the specific polity Purépecha Kingdom and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a pre-Columbian empire whose territory roughly covered the geographic area of the present-day Mexican state of Michoacán. It is considered an empire from the reign of Tangaxuan II and succeeded the Tarascan state.

Establishment

January 1521: The Tarascans, led by the cazonci Zuangua, repelled the attacks but further Tarascan expansion was halted until the arrival of the Spaniards two years into the rule of the last cazonci of an independent Tarascan state, Tangáxuan II.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

January 1531: In 1530, the last Tarascan king, Tangáxuan II, was overthrown by Spanish conquistador Nuño de Guzmán in the Purépecha Kingdom. This event marked the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the region in what is now known as Spanish America.