Region: The Americas · Coordinates: -13.532, -71.967 · 22 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1186 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Manco Cápac and his queen named the valley of Cuzco (then the whole valley was rough forest) |
| AD 1186 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Assigned work to the gathered people to build huts and houses, the beginning of the city of Cuzco |
| AD 1213 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Sinchi Roca sets out with his retinue toward Collasuyu in the south |
| AD 1294 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Cápac Yupanqui makes a triumphal entry riding a golden litter carried on the shoulders of the chiefs of three new provinces |
| AD 1321 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Inca Roca leaves Cuzco by the Collasuyu royal road, gathering fighting forces, and sets out on the Charcas campaign |
| AD 1321 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Inca Roca's laws and the founding of the Cuzco school (chapter 19 title) |
| AD 1366 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Crown prince Viracocha Inca pursues by a shortcut the father who abandoned Cuzco, catching up at the Muina gorge |
| AD 1366 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | With the reinforcements, he reaches Saxsahuaman near Cuzco, later the battlefield of Gonzalo Pizarro |
| AD 1366 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | The battle of Saxsahuaman (Yahuarpampa) lasts over eight hours, very bloody, and the Chanca are defeated |
| AD 1368 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Viracocha Inca enters Cuzco on foot |
| AD 1368 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Viracocha entrusts the capital to his younger brother Pahuac Mayta and sets out with the army on the Chinchaysuyu road |
| AD 1400 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | After Viracocha's death, his legitimate son Pachacuti succeeds to the empire. |
| AD 1400 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Pachacuti receives his brother and the crown prince with a grand triumphal ceremony and has them carried into the city in litters. |
| AD 1400 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | He treats Quisquemanco with great honor and, at the victory ceremony, has him stand among the royal Incas. |
| AD 1400 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | The aged Pachacuti stops conquering and builds up Cusco with buildings and inhabitants. |
| AD 1430 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | He builds a fortress on the high hill Sacsayhuaman, north of the city. |
| AD 1481 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | When a son is born, Huayna Capac has a golden rope made (according to native testimony, 200 orejones could barely lift it). |
| AD 1481 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | On the tour he reaches Cusco and holds Raymi, the sun's great festival. |
| AD 1523 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Huáscar orders the governors of Anti, Colla and Cuntisuyu to gather troops quickly and come to Cusco. |
| AD 1523 | Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas | Huáscar leaves Cusco once he is prepared and goes to Quipaipan, one league from Cusco, to fight. |
| AD 1534 | Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru | Pizarro refounded and resettled Cuzco as a Spanish city (October 1534). |
| AD 1825 | Letters of Simón Bolívar | Letter written at Cuzco (27 June 1825) — to a friend in Caracas, mentioning his teacher Simón Rodríguez. [Addressee: Citizen Cayetano Carreño.] |