Battle of Cusco

1533 battle

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Battle of Cusco (1533)

Part of the Spanish conquest of Peru

Capitulo-XCII
| Date| shortly before November 15, 1533

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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

* Huancas
* Chankas
* The Cañari
* Chachapoyas

|  Inca Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hernando de Soto
Juan Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro |  Quizquiz
Strength
250–300, 60+ cavalry and 3 guns 40,000+ Indigenous allys|  Unknown, but probably 10,000–100,000
Casualties and losses
Minimal, mainly Native allies|  Thousands, army routed

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Location within Peru

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Battle of Cusco (South America)

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Battle of Cusco (America)

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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 forces of the Incas.

## The Battle

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After executing the Inca Atahualpa on July 26, 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. As the Spanish army approached Cusco, 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 a victory. The Incan army, under the command of Quizquiz, withdrew during the night.[citation needed]

The next day, November 15, 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, finding much gold and silver. Manco was crowned as Sapa Inca and helped Pizarro drive Quizquiz back to the North.[1]

Two years later, Quizquiz was killed by his own followers, leaving the Inca Empire without a leader, 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

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

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