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1532 | Invasion of Peru Atahualpa | |
| As Atahualpa enters Caxamala on a litter, surrounded by hundreds of unarmed attendents, the Spaniards attacked, slaughtered his retinue, and captured the Inca King |
Sep | Envoy invites the Spaniards to meet Atahualpa at his camp near Caxamala |
Nov | Spaniards attack unarmed Incas and capture Atahualpa |
| Atahualpa gathers enormous somes of gold for his ransom |
| De Soto, on a false mission, and in his absense had Atahualpa 'tried' and 'convicted' for the murder of his brother & is strangled to death after being forcefully 'converted' to Christianity |