Birth of Manco II
Birth of Manco II
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Manco II Biography and Timeline
Follow Manco II through 12 dated historical records for Peru.
Manco II, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
12Distinct records
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1516–1536Years on this page
1516
1533
Rule of Peru
Approaches Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro in Cajamarca to negotiate a pact, to rule the Inca peoples and Peru since all of the royal nobles were dead
1534
Coronation
Manco is crowned the ruler of the Inca in Cuzco by Francisco Pizarro, and allowed to rule his people
Rule of Peru
Manco is crowned the ruler of the Inca in Cuzco by Francisco Pizarro, and allowed to rule his people. Does not realize that he is being used by Pizarro as a puppet ruler for the Spanish conquistadors, who planned to conquer his country and its people
1535
Arrest of Manco II
The Pizarro brothers so mistreated Manco Inca that he ultimately tried to escape, he failed, is captured and imprisoned but released two months later on the behalf of the Spaniards to please their Inca subjects
Rule of Peru
The Pizarro brothers so mistreated Manco Inca that he ultimately tried to escape, he failed, is captured and imprisoned but released two months later on the behalf of the Spaniards to please their Inca subjects
1536
Arrest of Manco II
Manco is able to escape from Cuzco on April 18, this time with success
Battle of Ollantaytambo
The surviving armies retreated to the nearby fortress of Ollantaytambo, from which they had launched several successful attacks against the Spaniards and the Inca renegades, defeating them at the Battle of Ollantaytambo. Abandoning Ollantaytambo (and effectively giving up the highlands of the empire), Manco Inca retreated to Vitcos and finally to the remote jungles of Vilcabamba, which became the capital of the empire
Siege of Cuzco
The siege is ultimately unsuccessful even though Mancos forces were able to reclaim the city for a few days, many of Manco Incas warriors succumbed to smallpox and died. In order to retake the Empire from the Spanish, Manco gathered an army of 200,000 Inca warriors attempting to take advantage of a disagreement between Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro, he marched on the city of Cuzco
Siege of Lima
From 1536-1537, Manco split his forces, adopting a strategy to drive the Spanish invaders out of Peru with an army of 30,000 Inca warriors and attacked the fort of Lima, where Francisco Pizarro was residing.
Siege of Lima
Met 300 Spanish soldiers and over 20,000 renegade warriors from the Empire, and once again were defeated.
Siege of Lima
The surviving armies retreated to the nearby fortress of Ollantaytambo, from which they had launched several successful attacks against the Spaniards and the Inca renegades, defeating them at the Battle of Ollantaytambo.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.