Battle of Huarina

{{Short description|1547 battle}} {{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Huarina |image= Batalla de Huarina.jpg |caption=Engraving from the “Décadas” by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. |partof=the Spanish conquest of Peru |date=October 20, 1547 |place=Huarina, later Bolivia |result= Nueva Castilla victory |combatant1=Viceroyalty of Peru |combatant2=Nueva Castilla |commander1=Diego Centeno |commander2=Francisco de Carvajal,<br>Gonzalo Pizarro |strength1=750 infantry,<br>250 cavalry<ref>Prescott, p. 1189. Estimates for Centeno's forces range from 700 to 1,200. Prescott considers Zarate's intermediate figure of 1,000 to be the most likely.</ref> |strength2=480 |casualties1=450 dead,<br>~350 wounded<ref name ="Prescott">Prescott, p. 1193</ref> |casualties2=100 dead<ref name ="Prescott"/> }} {{Campaignbox Spanish conquest of Peru}}

After sending away the royally appointed governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru, Blasco Núñez Vela and later defeating and killing him in the battle of Añaquito, Gonzalo Pizarro assembled an army of 1,200 men to press claims for the rule over Peru, once belonging to him and his brothers. The new viceroy, Pedro de la Gasca, landed in Peru in 1547, and a contingent of his troops, led by Diego Centeno, was severely defeated at Huarina by Francisco de Carvajal (dubbed the ''Demon of the Andes'', for his treatment of native Peruvians in his quest for glory and power.)

Centeno, however, remained successful in retreating in order and later united with the main force under de la Gasca. Ultimately, the viceroy won the cause of most of Gonzalo Pizarro's officers and men, and on April 9, 1548, the pizarrists were finally overthrown in the battle of Jaquijahuana.

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==References== *{{cite web|url=http://www.educared.edu.pe/estudiantes/historia2/personajes.htm|title=La Conquista del Perú - Blasco Núñez Vela|publisher=Fundacion Telefonica, Educared|language=es|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814040955/http://www.educared.edu.pe/estudiantes/historia2/personajes.htm|archivedate=2008-08-14}} *{{Cite book | last = Prescott | first = William Hickling | publication-date = 2004 | date = 2004

| title = The Conquest of Peru | publisher = Digital Antiquaria | isbn = 1-58057-302-9 }}.

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