On November 8th, 1519, Cortes and his 400-strong army arrived in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. At first the king, Montezuma, was very hospitable to the Spaniards. But realizing them as a threat to his power, he drove them out of the capital in June of 1520. But after allying with the natives and setting up, Cortes captured the capital in summer of 1521. Tenochtitlan was important in the life of Hernan Cortes because is was the site of the triumph that made him famous, the conquest of the Aztec civilization. It would also be an important city in New Spain because a new city-“Mexico City”- would be built on the old city’s ruins.
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