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Chimalpahin

1579 - 1660

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Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (1579, Amecameca, Chalco—1660, Mexico City), usually referred to simply as Chimalpahin or Chimalpain, was a Nahua annalist from Chalco. His Nahuatl names (Nahuatl pronunciation: [tʃiːmaɬˈpaː.in kʷaːʍtɬeːwaˈnitsin]) mean "Runs Swiftly with a Shield" and "Rising Eagle", respectively, and he claimed descent from the lords of Tenango-Amecameca-Chalco. He was the grandson of the late Don Domingo Hernández Ayopochtzin, a seventh-generation descendant of the founding king of the polity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chimalpahin has received more than 53,116 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chimalpahin is the 336th most popular historian, the 222nd most popular biography from Mexico and the most popular Mexican Historian.

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  • 53k

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  • 47.37

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Chimalpahin ranks 336 out of 339Before him are Fenestella, Andrea Riccardi, Fritz Stern, Girolamo Mei, Thomas Fuller, and Aleksey Shakhmatov. After him are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Efraim Zuroff, Jan T. Gross, Franz Babinger, Ronald Syme, and Marc Fumaroli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Chimalpahin ranks 14Before him are John Fletcher, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, Johannes Meursius, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. After him is John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1660, Chimalpahin ranks 24Before him are Govert Flinck, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Jacob Cats, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Mary Dyer, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Chimalpahin ranks 222 out of 585Before him are Arturo Márquez (1950), Miguel Barragán (1789), Arturo de Córdova (1908), Sara Ramirez (1975), Lucía Méndez (1955), and Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1959). After him are Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789), Ernesto Alonso (1917), José Mariano Salas (1797), Rafael Osuna (1938), Abraham Laboriel (1947), and Lucas Alamán (1792).

Among HISTORIANS In Mexico

Among historians born in Mexico, Chimalpahin ranks 1After him are Miguel León-Portilla (1926).