{"slug": "francisco-pizarro", "label": "Francisco Pizarro", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44741", "qid": "Q44741", "description": "Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [1524, 1541], "span_label": ["1524 CE", "1541 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "peru", "label": "Peru", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "lima", "label": "Lima", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-america", "label": "South America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "inca-empire", "label": "Inca Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1524, "year_label": "1524 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, Hernando de Luque and Diego de Almagro all set off on the first of three expeditions to conquer Peru, taking along 80 men and 40 horses, but the venture is halted in Colombia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368819061#July–September", "title": "1524", "revid": 1368819061, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1526, "year_label": "1526 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro and his brothers first reach Inca territory in South America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369353275#Date_unknown", "title": "1526", "revid": 1369353275, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – Battle of Puná: Francisco Pizarro defeats the native inhabitants of the island of Puná, off of the coast of what is now the South American nation of Ecuador.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#April–June", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1532, "year_label": "1532 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Francisco Pizarro lands on the northern coast of Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818925#April–June", "title": "1532", "revid": 1368818925, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1532, "year_label": "1532 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, ambushing and slaughtering a large number of his followers, without loss to themselves. He subsequently offers a ransom of approximately $50 million in gold.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818925#October–December", "title": "1532", "revid": 1368818925, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – Sapa Inca Atahualpa is executed by garotte, at the orders of Francisco Pizarro in Cajamarca. While older sources stated the execution had been on August 29, 1533, it would later be determined by late 20th century historians that the August date was incorrect because the Spaniards had departed Cajamarca by August 10. The Spanish arrange for his younger brother Túpac Huallpa to be crowned as a successor, but he dies in October after an apparent poisoning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#July–September", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cusco, Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#October–December", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1534, "year_label": "1534 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Manco Inca Yupanqui is crowned as Sapa Inca in Cusco, Peru by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, in succession to his brother Túpac Huallpa (d. October 1533).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558671#Date_unknown", "title": "1534", "revid": 1369558671, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Lima, now the capital of Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro, as Ciudad de los Reyes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561145#January–March", "title": "1535", "revid": 1369561145, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Battle of Las Salinas: In Peru, Almagro is defeated by Francisco Pizarro, who then seizes Cusco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561127#April–June", "title": "1538", "revid": 1369561127, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1541, "year_label": "1541 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – At Lima, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru and Governor of Nueva Castilla since 1529, is assassinated by 20 heavily-armed supporters of Diego de Almagro II in retaliation for the 1538 execution of Diego de Almagro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813253#April–June", "title": "1541", "revid": 1361813253, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}