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1478 CE - 1541 CE: Life of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
1478 CE: The conquistador Francisco Pizarro is born in Trujillo, Extramadura, Spain.
1502 CE: Francisco Pizarro sails with Nicolás de Ovando to Hispaniola.
1509 CE: Francisco Pizarro joins the expedition led by Alonso de Ojeda to the Gulf of Uraba.
1513 CE: Francisco Pizarro joins the expedition of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa to cross the Isthmus of Panama.
1524 CE - 1525 CE: Francisco Pizarro leads his first voyage of exploration to South America.
1526 CE: Francisco Pizarro leads his second voyage of exploration to South America.
1529 CE: Francisco Pizarro receives royal backing to explore South America.
1530 CE: Francisco Pizarro leaves Panama for his thrid voyage of exploration to South America.
1531 CE: Francisco Pizarro awaits reinforcements at Coaque (Ecuador).
1532 CE: Francisco Pizarro attacks Tumbes.
1532 CE: Battle of Cajamarca where the Inca leader Atahualpa is captured and held for ransom by Spanish forces led by Francisco Pizarro.
1533 CE: The Inca leader Atahualpa is executed.
1533 CE: Francsico Pizarro crowns Manco Inca Yupanqui (Manqo Inka) as his puppet ruler.
1533 CE: Francisco Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco.
1535 CE: Francsico Pizarro founds Lima (Ciudad de Los Reyes) as the capital of Spanish Peru.
1536 CE: An Inca army led by Manco Inca attackes the Spanish conquistadors in Cusco.
1536 CE: Francisco Pizarro defeates an Inca army led by Quizo Yupanqui which attacks Lima.
1537 CE: Relief forces arrive and ensure the Spanish conquistadors keep control of Cusco.
1538 CE: Battle of Las Salinas outside Cusco between rival factions of Spanish conquistadors.
1541 CE: Francisco Pizarro is stabbed to death in his home by a rival faction of conquistadors.