Enlightenment · South America · Politics

1780

Túpac Amaru II Rebellion Begins

November 4, 1780

A mestizo descendant of the Inca emperors, Tupac Amaru II, seized and hanged a colonial magistrate in the Peruvian altiplano. Within weeks he led tens of thousands of Quechua peasants in a revolt that nearly took Cuzco. The Spanish crushed it brutally; Tupac Amaru was drawn and quartered in Cuzco's main plaza.

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Before and after in South America

Before: July 2, 1767: Paraguay Jesuits Expelled
After: November 29, 1807: Portuguese Court Flees to Brazil

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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Túpac Amaru II