Francisco Pizarro Captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa
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Francisco Pizarro Captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror, captured Atahualpa, the Inca Emperor on November 16, 1532.
On that day Francisco Pizarro set a trap and succeeded in defeating thousands of Incas even though the Spanish army only numbered less than 200 people.
The Inca king offered a chamber filled with gold and silver in exchange for his release, and Francisco Pizarro agreed.
However, after receiving the ransom, Francisco Pizarro did not release Atahualpa. Atahualpa was executed on August 29, 1533.
Francisco Pizzaro was born around 1476 in Trujilo, a poor area in Spain.
When he grew up, Pizarro heard stories about the New World and wanted to go on adventures to seek his fortune.
He has joined explorations in Colombia and Panama.
Pizzaro heard a story about the gold-rich Peruvian region, and was then interested in organizing an expedition.
In 1531 he landed on the Coast near Ecuador and founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru a year later.
Pizarro left the settlement on September 24 to carry out the conquest with the 200 people he brought with him.
After arriving in Zaran, Hernando de Soto, the conqueror who was part of the expedition, was sent to the Peruvian garrison in Caxas.
A week later, he returned with an Inca envoy and an invitation to visit the camp of the Inca King.
Pizarro then arrived in Cajamarca on November 15, only 110 infantry, 67 cavalry, three rifles and two small cannons (falconets).
Pizarro and the Incan King Atahualpa promised to meet the next day in the Cajamarca fortress square.
After Atahualpa learned that he was ordered to pay tribute to Emperor Charles V and embraced Catholicism, he refused.
Pizarro decided to attack the Inca rulers.
With an army of less than two hundred men, Pizarro bravely attacked Atahualpa's army of thousands.
Previously, he took lessons from the conquest of Hernan Cortez in Mexico, namely by capturing the king.
Using firearms and cavalry, Pizarro managed to create terror in the midst of the Inca army.
The Incas panicked because they had never known firearms before
Pizarro managed to capture Atahualpa and destroy the morality of his troops.
Pizarro felt Atahualpa was more valuable if he lived.
He held back Atahualpa while making plans to conquer his empire.
Atahualpa offered a room full of gold and a ransom as a ransom for his freedom.
However, after receiving the ransom, Pizarro did not release him and instead accused him of fomenting rebellion.
By then Atahualpa had played an important role in pacifying the Incas.
Pizarro considers Atahualpa useless and will be executed by burning.
He is offered forgiveness if he is willing to convert to become a Christian.
Atahualpa agreed, but he was executed on August 29, 1533 by strangulation.
Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror, captured Atahualpa, the Inca Emperor on November 16, 1532.
On that day Francisco Pizarro set a trap and succeeded in defeating thousands of Incas even though the Spanish army only numbered less than 200 people.
The Inca king offered a chamber filled with gold and silver in exchange for his release, and Francisco Pizarro agreed.
However, after receiving the ransom, Francisco Pizarro did not release Atahualpa. Atahualpa was executed on August 29, 1533.
Francisco Pizzaro was born around 1476 in Trujilo, a poor area in Spain.
When he grew up, Pizarro heard stories about the New World and wanted to go on adventures to seek his fortune.
He has joined explorations in Colombia and Panama.
Pizzaro heard a story about the gold-rich Peruvian region, and was then interested in organizing an expedition.
In 1531 he landed on the Coast near Ecuador and founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru a year later.
Pizarro left the settlement on September 24 to carry out the conquest with the 200 people he brought with him.
After arriving in Zaran, Hernando de Soto, the conqueror who was part of the expedition, was sent to the Peruvian garrison in Caxas.
A week later, he returned with an Inca envoy and an invitation to visit the camp of the Inca King.
Pizarro then arrived in Cajamarca on November 15, only 110 infantry, 67 cavalry, three rifles and two small cannons (falconets).
Pizarro and the Incan King Atahualpa promised to meet the next day in the Cajamarca fortress square.
After Atahualpa learned that he was ordered to pay tribute to Emperor Charles V and embraced Catholicism, he refused.
Pizarro decided to attack the Inca rulers.
With an army of less than two hundred men, Pizarro bravely attacked Atahualpa's army of thousands.
Previously, he took lessons from the conquest of Hernan Cortez in Mexico, namely by capturing the king.
Using firearms and cavalry, Pizarro managed to create terror in the midst of the Inca army.
The Incas panicked because they had never known firearms before
Pizarro managed to capture Atahualpa and destroy the morality of his troops.
Pizarro felt Atahualpa was more valuable if he lived.
He held back Atahualpa while making plans to conquer his empire.
Atahualpa offered a room full of gold and a ransom as a ransom for his freedom.
However, after receiving the ransom, Pizarro did not release him and instead accused him of fomenting rebellion.
By then Atahualpa had played an important role in pacifying the Incas.
Pizarro considers Atahualpa useless and will be executed by burning.
He is offered forgiveness if he is willing to convert to become a Christian.
Atahualpa agreed, but he was executed on August 29, 1533 by strangulation.