Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
1532 CE – 1572 CE · 40 years
Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca with just 168 men, exploiting a civil war within the empire. Despite decades of Inca resistance from the stronghold of Vilcabamba, Spain ultimately conquered the largest empire in the Americas.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Spanish Conquistadors (Francisco Pizarro)
- Inca Empire (Atahualpa, Manco Inca)
Key moments
Defining events in the Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire.
- 1532 Battle of Cajamarca
- 1536-1537 Siege of Cusco
- 1572 Fall of Vilcabamba
Elsewhere in Americas at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Americas
Pachacamac
200 CE – 1533 CE
Polity · Americas
New France
1534 CE – 1763 CEConflict · Americas
Inca Empire Expansion
1438 CE – 1533 CETrade route · Americas
Spanish Treasure Fleet Return
1566 CE – 1790 CE
Landmark · Americas
Kuelap
500 CE – 1570 CE
Polity · Americas
Chankas
1200 CE – 1533 CE
Conflict · Americas
Inca Civil War
1529 CE – 1532 CETrade route · Americas
Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road)
1400 CE – 1572 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1532 CE and 1572 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish conquest of the Inca EmpireJuan Lepiani · Public domain
- PachacamacApollo⠀ · CC BY 2.0
- Royal flag of FranceOren neu dag ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- KuélapMartin St-Amant ( S23678 ) · CC BY 3.0
- ChankaJjrt · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inca Civil WarJohn Harris Valda · Public domain
