Battle of Cajamarca

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The Battle of Cajamarca was the 1532 ambush in which Francisco Pizarro’s small Spanish force captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa, decisively opening the way for the conquest of the Inca Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ambush ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Inca Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
casusBelli meeting between Francisco Pizarro and Atahualpa ⓘ
combatantLeaderInca Atahualpa ⓘ
combatantLeaderSpanish Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
Hernando Pizarro ⓘ
linked to: Francisco Pizarro

Hernando de Soto ⓘ
commander Atahualpa ⓘ
Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
conflictType military engagement ⓘ
countryAtPresentLocation Peru ⓘ
date 1532-11-16 ⓘ
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
historicalSignificance decisively opened the way for the conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
marked the effective end of independent Inca imperial authority ⓘ
involvedTechnology cannon ⓘ
crossbows ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
horses ⓘ
steel weapons ⓘ
location Cajamarca ⓘ
Cajamarca, Peru ⓘ
linked to: Cajamarca

Inca Empire ⓘ
notableEvent capture of the Sapa Inca Atahualpa ⓘ
killing of large numbers of Atahualpa’s retinue ⓘ
outcome capture of Atahualpa ⓘ
opening of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
partOf Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
predecessorEvent Pizarro’s march into the northern highlands of the Inca Empire ⓘ
primarySource accounts by Francisco de Xerez ⓘ
accounts by Pedro Pizarro ⓘ
region Andes ⓘ
result decisive Spanish victory ⓘ
strengthInca several thousand unarmed or lightly armed attendants ⓘ
strengthSpanish about 168 men ⓘ
small Spanish force ⓘ
successorEvent Atahualpa’s captivity ⓘ
execution of Atahualpa ⓘ
ransoming of Atahualpa ⓘ
tacticsSpanish ambush ⓘ
use of cavalry ⓘ
use of firearms and artillery ⓘ
year 1532 ⓘ

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Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → notableEvent → Capture of Atahualpa ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cajamarca
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → notableEvent → Ransom of Atahualpa ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cajamarca
Francisco Pizarro → participantIn → Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ
Atahualpa → event → Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ
Cajamarca → historicalEventSite → Capture of Atahualpa ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cajamarca
Inca forces → notableBattle → Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ
Inca Civil War → followedBy → Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ
Inca–Spanish wars → hasPart → Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ