Renaissance · South America · War

1532

Pizarro Ambushes Atahualpa

November 16, 1532

At Cajamarca, in the Andean highlands, Francisco Pizarro and one hundred sixty-eight Spaniards lured the Inca emperor Atahualpa into a trap and slaughtered his unarmed retinue. Horses and arquebuses panicked warriors who had never seen them. By nightfall the ruler of a continent was Pizarro's prisoner. The ransom demanded, a room of gold and two of silver, was paid in full before Pizarro executed Atahualpa anyway.

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Before and after in South America

Before: 1531: Pizarro Sails from Panama
After: July 26, 1533: Atahualpa Executed at Cajamarca

Before and after in War

Before: September 27, 1529: Siege of Vienna
After: July 26, 1533: Atahualpa Executed at Cajamarca

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.