Francisco Pizarro
1478 – 1541 Spanish conquistador, governor
Conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.
- Religion
- Catholic
- Affiliations
- Crown of Castile
Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, capturing and executing the emperor Atahualpa. He founded Lima and established Spanish rule over Peru. He was killed in Lima by rivals during the feuds that followed the conquest, and his exact birth year is uncertain.
In the timeline
- 1502 Francisco Pizarro arrives in the New World central figure
- 1529 Civil war splits the Inca Empire mentioned
- 1532 – 1572 Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire mentioned
- 1532 Pizarro seizes Atahualpa at Cajamarca mentioned
- 1533 Fall of the Inca Empire mentioned
- 1533 Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire mentioned
- 1533 Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire mentioned
- 1541 Assassination of Francisco Pizarro in Lima central figure