What the records say
- When
- 16 Nov 1532
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 7.16° S, 78.52° W
- Description
- 1532 battle
Battle of Cajamarca
1532 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Battle of Cajamarca, also spelled Cajamalca, was the ambush and seizure of the Incan ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532. The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Cajamarca: Rund 160 spanische Konquistadoren unter der Führung von Francisco Pizarro nehmen Atahualpa im Handstreich gefangen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “卡哈馬卡戰役爆發，西班牙征服者法蘭西斯克·皮薩羅在與印加帝國薩帕·印卡阿塔瓦爾帕會面的時候對其突襲，成功將他俘虜，印加帝國陷落。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page