Event
Execution of Atahualpa
In July 1533 Atahualpa was baptised and strangled at Cajamarca. The Spanish accounts give different reasons for the sentence; Pedro Pizarro says Soto came back afterwards having found nothing.
- Dates
- Jul 1533
- Place
- Cajamarca
According to Pedro Pizarro
- interventions Diego de Almagro Jul 1533
- interventions Francisco Pizarro Jul 1533
- interventions Pedro Pizarro Jul 1533
- involved Francisco Pizarro
- involved Diego de Almagro
- appears in Pedro Pizarro, Relation of the Discovery and Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru
According to Francisco de Xerez
- interventions Francisco Pizarro Jul 1533
- involved Francisco Pizarro
- involved Cajamarca
According to Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua
- appears in Account of the Antiquities of Peru
In July 1533 Atahualpa was baptised and strangled at Cajamarca. The Spanish accounts give different reasons for the sentence; Pedro Pizarro says Soto came back afterwards having found nothing.
Connections 11
interventions
- Diego de Almagro Jul 1533 pressed for Atahualpa to die, in Pedro Pizarro According to Pedro Pizarro Primary record 1
- Francisco Pizarro Jul 1533 pronounced the sentence, in Xerez; against his will, in Pedro Pizarro According to Francisco de XerezAccording to Pedro Pizarro Primary record 2
- Pedro Pizarro Jul 1533 says he saw Pizarro weep at the sentence According to Pedro Pizarro Primary record 1
- Vicente de Valverde Jul 1533 baptised Atahualpa before his death Primary record 2
involved
- Francisco Pizarro According to Francisco de Xerez Primary record 2
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Francisco Pizarro
According to Pedro Pizarro
Primary record
1
Pedro Pizarro was Pizarro's cousin; his account puts the blame on others.
- Diego de Almagro According to Pedro Pizarro Primary record 1
- Vicente de Valverde Primary record 2
- Cajamarca According to Francisco de Xerez Primary record 2
appears in
Timeline 5 dates
- Jul 1533 Execution of Atahualpa
- Jul 1533 Diego de Almagro intervened in Execution of Atahualpa According to Pedro Pizarro
- Jul 1533 Francisco Pizarro intervened in Execution of Atahualpa According to Francisco de XerezAccording to Pedro Pizarro
- Jul 1533 Pedro Pizarro intervened in Execution of Atahualpa According to Pedro Pizarro
- Jul 1533 Vicente de Valverde intervened in Execution of Atahualpa
Proof 3 sources
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Relation of the Discovery and Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru by Pedro Pizarro, volume 1 (English translation by Philip Ainsworth Means, Cortes Society, 1921), The Cortes Society, New York (scan on the Internet Archive), 1921.
Primary record
The officials and Almagro agreed, therefore, that Atabalipa should die, and they settled it among themselves that once he was dead, an end would be made of the proclamation about the treasure.
weep with sorrow at not being able to grant him his life
against his will he sentenced Atabalipa to death, commanding that they give him the garrote
he gave the Marquis to understand that Atabalipa was causing the assemblage of many troops in order to kill the Spaniards in Caxas
When he came, he brought the news that neither had he seen anything nor was there anything
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Reports on the Discovery of Peru: I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, secretary to Francisco Pizarro (English translation by Clements R. Markham, Hakluyt Society, 1872), Hakluyt Society, London (scan on the Internet Archive), 1872.
Primary record
sentenced Atabaliba to death
The ceremony was performed by the very reverend Father Friar Vicente de Valverde.
he should die by burning, unless he became a Christian
this execution was for the security of the Christians, the good of the whole land, and to secure its conquest and pacification
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An Account of the Antiquities of Peru, by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-yamqui Salcamayhua, in Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas (English translation by Clements R. Markham, Hakluyt Society, 1873), Hakluyt Society, London (scan on the Internet Archive), 1873.
Primary record
Atahuallpa was baptized and called Don Francisco, and afterwards he was put to death as a traitor.
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