battle, early modern

Battle of Jaquijahuana

Name: Battle of Jaquijahuana
Start: 1548-04-09
Location: Saqsaywaman, Peru

Battle of Jaquijahuana was a battle fought on 9 April 1548 at Saqsaywaman, in what is now Peru. It was part of the Great Encomendero Uprising, which ran from 1544 to 1548. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 1,600, including 400 cavalry against 900; 6 guns.

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Fought9 April 1548

WhereSaqsaywaman, Peru13.468S, 72.207W

OutcomeRoyalist victory

BelligerentsViceroyalty of PeruagainstNueva Castilla

Casualties and losses1 deadand15 dead,; ~800 defected or captured

Part ofGreat Encomendero Uprising1544 to 1548

Where it sits in the Great Encomendero Uprising

3 placed engagements of the Great Encomendero Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	9 April 1548
Place	Saqsaywaman, Peru 13.468S, 72.207W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	1,600, including 400 cavalry	900; 6 guns
Casualties and losses	1 dead	15 dead,; ~800 defected or captured
Commanders	Pedro de la Gasca Alonso de Alvarado Francisco Hernández Girón Pedro de Valdivia	Gonzalo Pizarro Francisco de Carvajal

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ollantaytambo 1536, 24 km N
Siege of Cusco 1536, 25 km E
Battle of Cusco 1533, 25 km E
Battle of Las Salinas 1538, 27 km SE
Battle of Abancay 1537, 75 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Huarina 1547
All 3 engagements of Great Encomendero Uprising

Elsewhere in 1548

Battle of Jaquijahuana is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 89 in present-day Peru.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2338093, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jaquijahuana, revision 1370444091, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.