Atahualpa vs Francisco Pizarro
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Compare the life timelines of Atahualpa (1502–1533) and Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 31 years, from 1502 to 1533.
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Atahualpa (1502–1533)
- — Born a son of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac Verified
- — Accompanied his father on campaigns in the northern empire
- — Death of Huayna Capac left the succession divided Verified
- — Fought the Inca civil war against his half-brother Huáscar Verified
- — Won the civil war after his generals captured Huáscar Verified
- — Offered and paid an enormous ransom of gold and silver Verified
- — Captured by Francisco Pizarro's forces at Cajamarca Verified
- — Ordered the death of the captive Huáscar
- — Executed by the Spanish at Cajamarca Verified
Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541)
- — Born in Trujillo, Castile Verified
- — Sailed to the New World Verified
- — Accompanied Balboa on the expedition that sighted the Pacific Verified
- — Led his first expedition toward Peru Verified
- — Second expedition reached the Inca town of Tumbes Verified
- — Granted the Capitulación de Toledo to conquer Peru Verified
- — Captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca Verified
- — Entered and occupied Cusco, capital of the Inca Empire Verified
- — Founded the city of Lima Verified
- — Assassinated in Lima Verified