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Battle of Chupas

1542 · 16th century · Part of the Civil wars between the conquistadors in Peru

The Battle of Chupas was fought on 16 September 1542 near Huamanga (Ayacucho) in Peru, when the royal governor Cristóbal Vaca de Castro defeated Diego de Almagro the Younger, whose followers had murdered Francisco Pizarro in 1541. Almagro was captured and beheaded at Cusco, ending the Almagrist faction in the civil wars of the conquistadors.

Battle of Chupas
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