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Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
Ecuador (Vice Royalty of Peru)
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Jan 1, 1400
Manco Cuzco
Manca Cuzco founds Cuzco as Incan capital. -
Jan 1, 1415
Pachacuti becomes emperor
He was the Ninth emperor. He expanded the empire from modern day Ecuador to Chile. -
Jan 1, 1455
Machu Pichu is started
Machu Pichu is the famous mountain-top city built by Pachucuti. The city was never finished because of the Spanish Conquest when smallpox was being spread. -
Jan 1, 1493
Capac
Huayan Capac consolidates with the government of the Inca Empire. (1493-1527) -
Jan 1, 1493
Topa Inca
Topa Inca doubles the size of the Empire. (1463-1493) -
Jan 1, 1526
Spaniards find the Inca empire
Francisco Pizzaro and the Spaniards found that the Incas had considerable amounts of treasure,after one more expedition, he sailed back to Spain to get permission to attack. -
Jan 1, 1527
War
Huascar and Atahualpa fight a civil war. (1527-1532) -
Jan 1, 1532
Spaniards start conquest of the Inca Empire
After getting permission to conquer the Incas in 1529, Pizzaro returned to South. A civil war was taking place between brothers Huascar and Atahualpa for power. -
Jan 1, 1532
Atahualpa
Reign of Inca ruler Atahualpa. (1532-1533) -
Jan 1, 1532
Pizarro
Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors arrive in South America. -
Nov 16, 1532
Battle of Cajamarca
Battle of Cajamarca where the Inca leader Atahualpa is captured and held for ransom by Spanish forces led by Pizarro. -
Jan 1, 1533
Atahualpa wins the civil war
Brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa fought over the Inca Empire after their father died. -
Jul 26, 1533
Execution
The Inca leader Atahualpa is executed. -
Nov 1, 1533
Cuzco
Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco. -
Jan 1, 1534
Vice-royalty of Peru
Spanish conquer Ecuador, which becomes part of the Spanish Vice-royalty of Peru.