The Conquest of Peru
Explore The Conquest of Peru on Ever-When, an interactive timeline of history from the Big Bang to the present day.
Key events on this timeline
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Capture of Atahualpa at Cajamarca (1532)
- Pizarro executes Atahualpa (1533)
- Atahualpa's ransom fills the room with gold (1533)
- Manco Inca besieges Cusco (1536)
- Pizarro takes Cusco (1533)
- Assassination of Francisco Pizarro (1541)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas begins (1532)
- Smallpox reaches the Inca Empire (1527)
- Inca resistance at Vilcabamba (1537)
- Atahualpa vs Huáscar civil war (1529)
- Pizarro founds Lima (1535)
- Inca Empire ends (1533)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas ends (1572)
- Potosi silver mines opened (1545)
- Spanish Conquest of the Americas (1519)
- Empire under Huayna Capac at its largest extent (1500)
- Reign of Huayna Capac (1493)