NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Túpac Amaru II

Túpac Amaru II (March 19, 1738 Peru – May 1781) was the leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spaniards in colonial Peru. Although ultimately unsuccessful, he later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Events April 15 - - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The great-grandson of the last Incan leader Túpac Amaru, he was born José Gabriel Condorcanqui in Tinta, in the province of Cuzco, and received a Jesuit education. A man of strong principles, Condorcanqui sympathized with the plight of the native people and he petitioned the Spanish government to improve conditions in the textile mills, the mines, and the villages. Unsuccessful, he organized a rebellion and adopted his great-grandfather's name. For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ... This article refers to the Inca Túpac Amaru who died in 1572. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...

Túpac Amaru's portrait appeared in Peru in this "quinientos intis" bill during the mid 80's

Túpac Amaru II's rebellion was the first major uprising against the Spanish colonists in two centuries. It was suppressed, he was captured, and sentenced to be tortured and put to death by being drawn and quartered on the main plaza in Cuzco in 1781, in the same place as his great-grandfather had been beheaded. Other regional revolts followed. After they were put down, all the descendants of the Incas were traced and many were executed. A group of ninety were sent to Spain where most died in prisons. In Inca mythology, Inti was the sun god and the god of rainbows, as well a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. ... Drawing and quartering was part of the penalty anciently ordained in England for treason. ... 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. ...

Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui) was put to death by being drawn and quartered

Querrán volarlo y no podrán volarlo ("They will want to blow him up and wont be able to blow him up").
Querrán romperlo y no podrán romperlo ("They will want to break him and won't be able to break him").
Querrán matarlo y no podrán matarlo ("They will want to kill him and won't be able to kill him").
Al tercer día de los sufrimientos, cuando se crea todo consumado, gritando: ¡LIBERTAD! sobre la tierra, ha de volver. ¡Y no podrán matarlo! ("On the third day of suffering, when it was believed he was finished, screaming: LIBERTY! over the earth, he will be back. And they won't be able to kill him!")
-- Alejandro Romualdo Drawing and quartering was part of the penalty anciently ordained in England for treason. ...

See also GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

See also