Battle of Cajamarca
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The Battle of Cajamarca was the 1532 ambush in which Francisco Pizarro’s small Spanish force captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa, decisively opening the way for the conquest of the Inca Empire.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capture of Atahualpa | 1 |
| Ransom of Atahualpa | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambush
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Inca Empire
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| casusBelli | meeting between Francisco Pizarro and Atahualpa ⓘ |
| combatantLeaderInca | Atahualpa ⓘ |
| combatantLeaderSpanish |
Francisco Pizarro
ⓘ
Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
surface form:
Hernando Pizarro
Hernando de Soto ⓘ |
| commander |
Atahualpa
ⓘ
Francisco Pizarro ⓘ |
| conflictType | military engagement ⓘ |
| countryAtPresentLocation | Peru ⓘ |
| date | 1532-11-16 ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
European colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
decisively opened the way for the conquest of the Inca Empire
ⓘ
marked the effective end of independent Inca imperial authority ⓘ |
| involvedTechnology |
cannon
ⓘ
crossbows ⓘ firearms ⓘ horses ⓘ steel weapons ⓘ |
| location |
Cajamarca
ⓘ
Cajamarca ⓘ
surface form:
Cajamarca, Peru
Inca Empire ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
capture of the Sapa Inca Atahualpa
ⓘ
killing of large numbers of Atahualpa’s retinue ⓘ |
| outcome |
capture of Atahualpa
ⓘ
opening of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| predecessorEvent | Pizarro’s march into the northern highlands of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| primarySource |
accounts by Francisco de Xerez
ⓘ
accounts by Pedro Pizarro ⓘ |
| region | Andes ⓘ |
| result | decisive Spanish victory ⓘ |
| strengthInca | several thousand unarmed or lightly armed attendants ⓘ |
| strengthSpanish |
about 168 men
ⓘ
small Spanish force ⓘ |
| successorEvent |
Atahualpa’s captivity
ⓘ
execution of Atahualpa ⓘ ransoming of Atahualpa ⓘ |
| tacticsSpanish |
ambush
ⓘ
use of cavalry ⓘ use of firearms and artillery ⓘ |
| year | 1532 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Capture of Atahualpa
this entity surface form:
Ransom of Atahualpa