Battle of Cusco

{{Short description|1533 battle}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=February 2022}} {{Disputed|date=February 2012}} }}

{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Cusco (1533) |image= Teófilo Castillo - El saqueo de Coricancha.jpg |caption=The looting of the Coricancha by the spanish conquistadors. Paiting by the peruvian painter Teófilo Castillo |partof=the Spanish conquest of Peru |date=shortly before November 15, 1533 |place=Cusco, present-day Peru |coordinates={{Coord|-13.5167|-71.978|display=inline,title}} |result=Spanish victory |combatant1=22px Spanish Empire 22px Spanish Conquistadores '''Native allies''' * Huancas * Chankas * The Cañari * Chachapoyas |combatant2=Inca Empire |commander1=Hernando de Soto Juan Pizarro Francisco Pizarro |commander2=Quizquiz |strength1=250–300, 60+ cavalry and 3 guns 40,000+ Indigenous allies |strength2=Unknown, but probably 10,000–100,000 |casualties1=Minimal, mainly Native allies |casualties2=Thousands, army routed | map_type = Peru#South America#America | map_relief = | map_size = 300px | map_marksize = | map_caption = | map_label = }} {{Campaignbox Spanish conquest of Peru}} The '''Battle of Cusco''' was fought in November 1533 between the Spanish Conquistadors and forces of the Incas.

== The Battle == After executing the Inca Atahualpa on July 26, 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. As the Spanish army approached Cusco, Pizarro sent his brother Juan Pizarro and Hernando de Soto ahead with forty men. The advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, securing a victory. The Incan army, under the command of Quizquiz, withdrew during the night.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The next day, November 15, 1533, Pizarro entered Cusco, accompanied by Manco Inca Yupanqui, a young Inca prince who had survived the massacre that Quizquiz had perpetrated against the nobility in Cusco. The Spanish plundered Cusco, finding much gold and silver. Manco was crowned as Sapa Inca and helped Pizarro drive Quizquiz back to the North.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pizarro executes last Inca emperor|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-executes-last-inca-emperor|access-date=2022-02-09|website=HISTORY|language=en}}</ref>

Two years later, Quizquiz was killed by his own followers, leaving the Inca Empire without a leader, since his only equal commander, Chalkuchimac, had been burned in captivity by the Spanish. Three years later, Manco Inca Yupanqui fled from Cusco and tried to recapture the city with some 100,000 Incas, but ultimately failed after a ten-month siege.

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