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Battle of Cusco (1533)

Part of the Spanish conquest of Peru

Capitulo-XCII

Date	shortly before November 15, 1533
Location	Cusco, present-day Peru 13°31′00″S 71°58′41″W / 13.5167°S 71.978°W / -13.5167; -71.978
Result	Spanish victory

Belligerents

Spanish Empire
Spanish Conquistadores
Native allies

Inca Empire

Commanders and leaders

Hernando de Soto
Juan Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro

Quizquiz

Strength

250–300, 60+ cavalry and 3 guns

Unknown, but probably 10,000–100,000

Casualties and losses

Minimal, mainly Native allies

Thousands, army routed

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Location within Peru

Battle of Cusco (South America)

Battle of Cusco (America)

v t e Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Major engagements Punta Quemada Puná Cajamarca Vilcaconga 1st Cusco Maraycalla Chimborazo 2nd Cusco Ollantaytambo Conflicts between conquistadors and rebellions Abancay Las Salinas Chupas Iñaquito Huarina Jaquijahuana Chuquinga End of the Neo-Inca state Vilcabamba

The Battle of Cusco was fought in November 1533 between the Spanish Conquistadors and of the Incas.

The Battle

After executing the Inca Atahualpa on 26 July 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. As the Spanish army approached Cusco, however, Pizarro sent his brother Juan Pizarro and Hernando de Soto ahead with forty men. The advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, securing victory. The Incan army under the command of Quizquiz withdrew during the night.^{[citation needed]}

The next day, 15 November 1533, Pizarro entered Cusco, accompanied by Manco Inca Yupanqui, a young Inca prince who had survived the massacre that Quizquiz had perpetrated against the nobility in Cusco. The Spanish plundered Cusco, where they found much gold and silver. Manco was crowned as Sapa Inca and helped Pizarro to drive Quizquiz back to the North.^[1]

Two years later, Quizquiz was killed after being struck down by his own followers, leaving none to lead the Inca Empire since his only equal commander, Chalkuchimac, had been burned in captivity by the Spanish. Three years later Manco Inca Yupanqui fled from Cusco and tried to recapture the city with some 100,000 Incas, but ultimately failed after a ten-month siege.

References

^ "Pizarro executes last Inca emperor". HISTORY. Retrieved 2022-02-09.

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