The Battle of Cajamarca was the ambush and seizure of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force under Francisco Pizarro on 16 November 1532. The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders and unarmed attendants in the plaza of Cajamarca while suffering almost no casualties themselves, and the capture of Atahualpa marked the opening stage of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
OutcomeSpanish victory; capture of Atahualpa and fall of the Inca Empire begins 1 Battle Type
Battle Type (category) In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Cajamarca
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was the ambush and seizure of the Incan ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532
Infobox: Result
Spanish victory
Infobox: Date
November 16, 1532
- An ambush and seizure by a small Spanish force, per the entity's own sourced description.
Part Of: Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire, Infobox: Part of
Part of the Spanish conquest of Peru
View the SourceWikidata: Battle of Cajamarca
Wikidata Q1425362, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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