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Encyclopedia > Juan Pizarro II

Juan Pizarro (died 1536) was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied his brothers Francisco, Gonzalo, and Hernándo Pizarro for the conquest of Peru in 1532. Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally accepted by historians), i. ... Hernándo Pizarro (1508-1608?) was a Spanish conquistador and one of the Pizarro brothers who ruled over Peru. ... Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ...


He was one of the most ruthless, brutal, and corrupt conquistadors in the New World. Juan and his brothers, led by Francisco and friend Diego de Almagro, conquered the mighty Inca Empire and the sacred Inca capital, Cuzco in 1533. They imprisoned and executed the Inca Emperor Atahualpa and stole the gold treasures from the city. Juan, Hernándo and Gonzalo Pizarro were then appointed as garrisons of Cuzco by Francisco Pizarro when he departed to explore the northern west coast of Peru and founded Lima in 1535. Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro (b. ... A view of Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, now an archaeological site. ... In various religions, sacred (from Latin, sacrum, sacrifice; or simply in English, holy) objects, places or concepts are believed by followers to be intimately connected with the supernatural, or divinity, and are thus greatly revered. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru in the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Atahualpa, the 13th and last inca emperor Atahualpa (also Ataw Wallpa) (c. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Treasure is a concentration of riches, often that which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. ... Gonzalo Pizarro (b. ... Garrison House, built 1675, Dover, NH, USA In the military, garrison is the collective term for the body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. ... The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru in the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. ... Francisco Pizarro ( 1475–June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of the city of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. ... Lima is the capital and largest city in Peru. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ...


Juan, Gonzalo and Hernándo ruled Cuzco with dictatorship, greed, corruption, brutality, torturing and executing those who refused to accept Spanish rule. In May 6, 1536, the Inca's led by the crowned puppet Inca Emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui rebelled due to mis treatment and gathered 100,000 Inca warriors to overthrow the Spaniards out of Cuzco. This led to many seiges and battles for control of the land which lasted for 10 months. The Inca's, however, failed to drive the Spaniards out of the city and all succumded to small pox and died. Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. ... Greed is a desire to obtain more money or material possessions or bodily satisfaction than one is considered to need. ... Brutality is a US death metal band. ... Aspects of torture Incrimination of innocent people One well documented effect of torture is that with rare exceptions people will say or do anything to escape the situation, including untrue confessions and implication of others without genuine knowledge, who may well then be tortured in turn. ... May 6 is the 125126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Manco Inca Yupanqui (b. ... A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. ... The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ...


Juan eventually died in the battle of Sacsahuaman, an Inca fortress near Cuzco, when he tried to break the seige on Cuzco by leading an army out of the palace and attacking the Inca fortress. He was strucked in the head by an Inca warrior who hurled a large stone on him, upon trying to climb the high walls of Sacsahuaman. Juan's soldiers won the battle and gained control of the fortress and weakened the Inca's control of Cuzco. His death did not stop the Spanish from destroying the Inca's. In 1536-37, his brother Francisco Pizarro and his army of 300 soldiers fought the Inca's in the port of Lima and ran them down with their heavily armed calveries, defeating Manco Inca's force. Manco eventually escaped to the jungles of vilcabamba. Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ... A warrior is a person habitually engaged in combat. ... Francisco Pizarro ( 1475–June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of the city of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. ... Last refuge of the Inca Empire, Vilcabamba was founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and fell to the Spaniards in 1572, signalling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. ...


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Francisco Pizarro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3456 words)
Pizarro was also offered a native or two himself, one of which was later baptized as Felipillo and served as an important interpreter, the equivalent of Cortés' La Malinche of Mexico.
Pizarro sailed from Panama for Spain in the spring of 1528, reaching Seville in early summer.
Pizarro left behind his mestizo children with their mother, Inés Huaillas Yupanqui, daughter of Atahualpa and granddaughter of Huayna Capac, who gave birth to Gonzalo (legitimized in 1537 and died when he was fourteen); by the same woman, a daughter, Francisca.
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