Francisco Pizzaro

Francisco Pizarro Born: 1476 Died: 154 Francisco Pizarro was born in about 1476 in Trujillo, a small town near Caceres, Spain. The illegitimate son of a Spanish captain, he spent his childhood with his grandparents in one of Spain's poorest regions. He apparently never learned to read or write. The conquest of Peru by an obscure adventurer is one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the New World. Until he was nearly 50 years old, Francisco …

…Reyes (City of the Kings), which is now Lima. The city was the seat of his new government. Manco escaped and headed an unsuccessful uprising. Two or three years later Pizarro and Almagro quarreled about the territory each was to govern. This contest soon assumed the proportions of a civil war. Pizarro's supporters captured and executed Almagro. The embittered and discontented followers of Almagro then conspired against Pizarro. They assassinated him in Lima on June 26, 1541.