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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gonzalo Pizarro

Battles of Gonzalo Pizarro

Spanish conquistador, younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, 1502 to 1548

Gonzalo Pizarro is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1536 and 1548: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Peru (4), Ecuador (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,371 km apart end to end, 843 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (2), Great Encomendero Uprising (2), Civil Wars between the conquerors of Peru (1).

Siege of CuscoBattle of OllantaytamboBattle of Las SalinasBattle of IñaquitoBattle of JaquijahuanaSiege of CuscoBattle of OllantaytamboBattle of Las SalinasBattle of IñaquitoLimaGuayaquilManausTrujilloIcaRiberaltaJi-ParanáVilhenaLeticiaCruzeiro do Sul1000 km6.875S, 75.229W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1536: 2 engagements2 in 15361538: 1 engagements1546: 1 engagements1548: 1 engagements15361548
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Cusco, 1536Battle of Ollantaytambo, 1536Battle of Las Salinas, 1538Battle of Iñaquito, 1546Battle of Jaquijahuana, 154815361548
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 May 1536Siege of CuscoCusco, PeruSpanish victory
December 1536Battle of OllantaytamboOllantaytambo, Peru42 km NWIncan victory; Establishment of the Neo-Inca State
26 April 1538Battle of Las SalinasPeru46 km SEVictory for Nueva Castilla
1546Battle of IñaquitoEcuador1,651 km NWVictory for Nueva Castilla
9 April 1548Battle of JaquijahuanaSaqsaywaman, Peru1,631 km SERoyalist victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, http://www.ecuatravel.8m.com/rh2.htm y Wikipedia de Inglés, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.