Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas: a Standard history source. Covers AD 1186 – 1532, with 112 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | AD 1186 – 1532 |
| Events | 112 events, 56 placed on the map |
| Author | Inca Garcilaso de la Vega |
| Original title | Comentarios Reales de los Incas |
Regions: The Americas 110
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1186 – 1213 | Cusco | Manco Cápac and his queen named the valley of Cuzco (then the whole valley was rough forest) | Libro I cap. XV (vol.1, l.3848) |
| AD 1186 – 1213 | Cusco | Assigned work to the gathered people to build huts and houses, the beginning of the city of Cuzco | Libro I cap. XVI (vol.1, l.3923) |
| AD 1186 – 1213 | Manco Cápac subjugates 8 leagues to the west, up to the Apurímac River | Libro I cap. XVII (vol.1, l.4027) | |
| AD 1186 – 1213 | Has 13 villages founded on both sides of the Antisuyu royal road east of Cuzco | Libro I cap. XX (vol.1, l.4376) | |
| AD 1186 – 1213 | Manco Cápac dies; his eldest son Sinchi Roca succeeds | Libro I cap. XXV (vol.1, l.4893) | |
| AD 1213 – 1240 | Cusco | Sinchi Roca sets out with his retinue toward Collasuyu in the south | Libro II cap. XVI (vol.1, l.6992) |
| AD 1213 – 1240 | Some traditions say Sinchi Roca took Canchalla, Asillo and Huancané on the Umasuyu road, reaching Pucara de Umasuyu | Libro II cap. XVI (vol.1, l.7020) | |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Lloque Yupanqui enters the Cana region and sends envoys urging submission | Libro II cap. XVIII (vol.1, l.7149) | |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Ayaviri | Lloque Yupanqui leaves a superintendent and advances as far as the Ayavire village and tribe | Libro II cap. XVIII (vol.1, l.7159) |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Pucará (Puno) | A fortress is built at Pucara, serving as the defense line and border of the conquered land | Libro II cap. XVIII (vol.1, l.7202) |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Lloque Yupanqui reaches the boundary of Atun Colla and Chucuito, sending his usual demand for submission | Libro II cap. XX (vol.1, l.7370) | |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Sends commanders to the western Urin Pacasa region to subdue it | Libro II cap. XX (vol.1, l.7423) | |
| AD 1240 – 1267 | Lloque Yupanqui dies; having no legitimate son, Mayta Cápac becomes crown prince | Libro II cap. XX (vol.1, l.7470) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Summary of Book 3: Peru's first willow-branch bridge is built in Mayta Cápac's time | Libro III cap. XXVIII (vol.1, l.8573) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Tiahuanaco | Mayta Cápac takes Tiahuanaco (chapter title); the natives say its buildings are ruins from before the Incas | Libro III cap. I (vol.1, l.8701) |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Mayta Cápac subjugates most of the Hatun Pacasa region with almost no resistance | Libro III cap. II (vol.1, l.8782) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Faced off for over 50 days with the Cacyabiri side; following old custom and the king's order, the Incas do not strike first | Libro III cap. i\ (vol.1, l.8973) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | The people of Cacyabiri surrender, and the Incas accept them with clemency | Libro III cap. i\ (vol.1, l.8991) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | From Pucara they go east to the Yarikasa region and subdue it without resistance | Libro III cap. \ (vol.1, l.9066) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Going 24 leagues further from Chalamarca along the Charcas road, they subdue villages up to Carcolo | Libro III cap. \ (vol.1, l.9234) | |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Alca | After building the road (calzada), Mayta Cápac enters the Alca region and triumphantly enters its central town | Libro III cap. VTI1 (vol.1, l.9430) |
| AD 1267 – 1294 | Cotahuasi | After Alca, advances to large regions such as Taurisma, Cotaauasi, Pumatampu and Paria Huana Cocha | Libro III cap. VTI1 (vol.1, l.9446) |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | During Cápac Yupanqui's conquest, a standoff of over a month with rebellious regions; the starving rebels send envoys declaring submission | Libro III cap. X (vol.1, l.9593) | |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | Cusco | Cápac Yupanqui makes a triumphal entry riding a golden litter carried on the shoulders of the chiefs of three new provinces | Libro III cap. XI (vol.1, l.9738) |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | Cápac Yupanqui has his commanders continue the conquest of Cuntisuyu, and accompanies them to the Huacachaca bridge | Libro III cap. XII (vol.1, l.9766) | |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | A few years later, Cápac Yupanqui personally resolves to campaign to expand territory toward Collasuyu | Libro III cap. XIII (vol.1, l.9915) | |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | Cápac Yupanqui leaves Cuzco and goes to Lake Parija, the last boundary left by his father | Libro III cap. XIV (vol.1, l.9959) | |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | Desaguadero | Following the model of the Huacachaca bridge, he has bridges built also at the drainage outlet of Lake Titicaca (Desaguadero) | Libro III cap. XV (vol.1, l.10164) |
| AD 1294 – 1321 | Cápac Yupanqui enters Chayanta and is received with reverence | Libro III cap. XV (vol.1, l.10276) | |
| AD 1321 – 1348 | Inca Roca orders a bridge built over the Apurímac River for the conquest toward Chinchaysuyu | Libro IV cap. XY (vol.2, l.1247) | |
| AD 1321 – 1348 | From Bilca he turns west toward the coast and gives his name to Sula (Hatun Sula), one of two large provinces of the same name | Libro IV cap. XY (vol.2, l.1370) | |
| AD 1321 – 1348 | Cusco | Inca Roca leaves Cuzco by the Collasuyu royal road, gathering fighting forces, and sets out on the Charcas campaign | Libro IV cap. XVII (vol.2, l.1560) |
| AD 1321 – 1348 | Sucre | The Charcas region (Misque, Sacaca, Macaca, Caracara and others) is subdued all the way to Chuquisaca (today's La Plata) | Libro IV cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.1652) |
| AD 1321 – 1348 | Cusco | Inca Roca's laws and the founding of the Cuzco school (chapter 19 title) | Libro IV cap. XIX (vol.2, l.1691) |
| AD 1348 – 1368 | Inca Roca sends crown prince Yahuar Huacac to conquer Antisuyu | Libro IV cap. XVI (vol.2, l.1405) | |
| AD 1348 – 1368 | Yahuar Huacac decides to subdue the large regions remaining in Collasuyu: Caranca, Ulaca, Lipi and Chicha | Libro IV cap. XX (vol.2, l.1794) | |
| AD 1348 – 1368 | The king expels his 19-year-old crown prince from the palace and sends him to the pastures of Chita, east of Cuzco | Libro IV cap. XX (vol.2, l.1844) | |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | A ghost tells the crown prince that many regions of Chinchaysuyu are rebelling and gathering a great army Pending | Libro IV cap. XXI (vol.2, l.1926) | |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | Chanca, Urcamarca, Bilca, Hatun Sula and Hancohuallu rebel, kill their governors, and march on Cuzco with 40,000 troops | Libro IV cap. XXIII (vol.2, l.2030) | |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | Cusco | Crown prince Viracocha Inca pursues by a shortcut the father who abandoned Cuzco, catching up at the Muina gorge | Libro IV cap. XXIV (vol.2, l.2154) |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | About 20,000 reinforcements arrive from Cuntisuyu, joining crown prince Viracocha | Libro V cap. XVI (vol.2, l.3839) | |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | Cusco | With the reinforcements, he reaches Saxsahuaman near Cuzco, later the battlefield of Gonzalo Pizarro | Libro V cap. XVI (vol.2, l.3913) |
| AD 1366 – 1368 | Cusco | The battle of Saxsahuaman (Yahuarpampa) lasts over eight hours, very bloody, and the Chanca are defeated | Libro V cap. XIX (vol.2, l.4147) |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | Cusco | Viracocha Inca enters Cuzco on foot | Libro V cap. XX (vol.2, l.4263) |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | After a secret conversation, the crown prince decides not to let his father return to Cuzco | Libro V cap. XX (vol.2, l.4295) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | Viracocha has a temple built in a village to honor the uncle's ghost he saw in a dream (chapter 22) Fiction | Libro V cap. XX (vol.2, l.4494) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | After returning to Cuzco from the visit, he decides to conquer the large regions of Caranca, Ulaca, Lipi and Chicha | Libro V cap. XXITT (vol.2, l.4671) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | Cusco | Viracocha entrusts the capital to his younger brother Pahuac Mayta and sets out with the army on the Chinchaysuyu road | Libro V cap. XXIV (vol.2, l.4720) |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | He has a channel dug to water the pastures, over 12 feet wide and more than 120 leagues long | Libro V cap. XXIV (vol.2, l.4760) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | He tours the remaining regions of Cuntisuyu and the valleys of the coast | Libro V cap. XXV (vol.2, l.4825) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | After the battle of Yahuarpampa and the defection of Hancohuallu left the Chanca region empty, 10,000 households of settlers are sent there | Libro V cap. XXVI (vol.2, l.5074) | |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | Yucay | Had large, splendid buildings built throughout the empire, especially in the Yucay valley and at Tambo below it. | Libro V cap. XXVI (vol.2, l.5080) |
| AD 1368 – 1400 | Death of the Inca Viracocha (title of Chapter 29); the author says he saw the body. | Libro V cap. XXIX (vol.2, l.5216) | |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cusco | After Viracocha's death, his legitimate son Pachacuti succeeds to the empire. | Libro VI cap. X (vol.2, l.6399) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Tarma | Capac Yupanqui, Pachacuti's brother, easily subdues the fertile provinces of Tarma and Pumpu (called Bombón by the Spaniards). | Libro VI cap. XI (vol.2, l.6512) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Against rebellious provinces the Inca waits for hunger to subdue the enemy (Chapter 13). | Libro VI cap. XIII (vol.2, l.6725) | |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Huamachuco | The province of the good chief Huamachuco is subdued; the Incas later honor him and his descendants highly. | Libro VI cap. XIV (vol.2, l.6824) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cajamarca | Uncle and nephew continue the conquests and reach the border of Cajamarca. | Libro VI cap. XV (vol.2, l.6858) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Conquest of Yauyo and the triumphal return of uncle and nephew (title of Chapter 16). | Libro VI cap. XVI (vol.2, l.6960) | |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cajamarca | The prudent men of Cajamarca argue for surrender, saying they cannot withstand the Inca's power. | Libro VI cap. XVI (vol.2, l.6985) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cusco | Pachacuti receives his brother and the crown prince with a grand triumphal ceremony and has them carried into the city in litters. | Libro VI cap. XVI (vol.2, l.7013) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Nazca | He turns to conquer the flat coastal plain in that direction; until then the Inca had taken lands as far as Nasca. | Libro VI cap. XVII (vol.2, l.7083) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Chincha Alta | In the conquest of Chincha, he destroys the waterworks and dries the crops, aiming to subdue the Yunga (coastal people) by hunger. | Libro VI cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.7236) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Chincha Alta | The war with the Chincha chief ends; the Inca, pleased, welcomes them generously. | Libro VI cap. XIX (vol.2, l.7315) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Account of the conquest of the Lunahuanac valley and of the three valleys to its north, including Huarco and Mala. | Libro VI cap. XXIX (vol.2, l.8346) | |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cusco | He treats Quisquemanco with great honor and, at the victory ceremony, has him stand among the royal Incas. | Libro VI cap. XXXI (vol.2, l.8666) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Trujillo | The Chimu king comes out with his troops; a small clash to test the Inca's strength. | Libro VI cap. XXXII (vol.2, l.8789) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Trujillo | The powerful Chimu admits his error in resisting and sends envoys. | Libro VI cap. XXXIII (vol.2, l.8934) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Paramonga | He has a fortress built in the Parmunca valley to commemorate his victory over the Chimu king. | Libro VI cap. XXXIII (vol.2, l.8987) |
| AD 1400 – 1430 | Cusco | The aged Pachacuti stops conquering and builds up Cusco with buildings and inhabitants. | Libro VI cap. XXXIV (vol.2, l.9060) |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | The Inca goes down the river and fights major battles with the Chuincha tribes. | Libro VII cap. XI (vol.2, l.11095) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | After long fighting and parleys, all tribes on one bank of the river submit to the Inca. | Libro VII cap. XI (vol.2, l.11108) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | At the request of the Chuincha envoys, a town is founded near Tono, 26 leagues from Cusco. | Libro VII cap. XI (vol.2, l.11121) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | With the people's love and the strength of the army, he decides on the great enterprise of conquering the Kingdom of Chile. | Libro VII cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.11519) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | He sends 10,000 soldiers to Chile under the commander Sinchi Ruca and two maestres de campo. | Libro VII cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.11554) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | A second force of equal size follows the vanguard. | Libro VII cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.11563) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | Coquimbo | The reinforcements march 80 more leagues and reach the Cuquimpu valley, which submits. | Libro VII cap. XIX (vol.2, l.11611) |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | Cruel battles between the Inca and various other tribes (title of Chapter 20). | Libro VII cap. XX (vol.2, l.11676) | |
| AD 1430 – 1455 | Cusco | He builds a fortress on the high hill Sacsayhuaman, north of the city. | Libro VII cap. XXVI (vol.2, l.12437) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | To reach Chachapoyas, he must first conquer the province of Huacrachuco. | Libro VIII cap. XXIX (vol.2, l.12837) | |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Chachapoyas | Tupac Inca Yupanqui conquers the first towns of the Chachapoyas province (title of Chapter 2). | Libro VIII cap. II (vol.2, l.12904) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Chachapoyas | On news that the whole Chachapoyas region had submitted to the Inca, the people of Muyupampa also surrender easily. | Libro VIII cap. III (vol.2, l.13052) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Conquest of three large, warlike and stubborn provinces (title of Chapter 4). | Libro VIII cap. III (vol.2, l.13113) | |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Cañar | Tupac Inca Yupanqui, on his way to the Cañari province, first conquers the Palta provinces. | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13279) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Cuenca | In the Cañari province, especially Tumipampa, he builds buildings and a royal palace with rooms decorated in gold and silver. | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13341) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Quito | Tupac Inca Yupanqui's conquest of Quito; crown prince Huayna Capac takes part (title of Chapter 7). | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13519) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Quito | As the conquest drags on, he summons his eldest son Huayna Capac to take part, partly as military training. | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13550) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Quito | The enemy commanders surrender to Huayna Capac's mercy and receive gifts, including clothing. | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13623) |
| AD 1455 – 1481 | Huayna Capac passes through Quito and reaches the Quillacinga province. | Libro VIII cap. V (vol.2, l.13642) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Cusco | When a son is born, Huayna Capac has a golden rope made (according to native testimony, 200 orejones could barely lift it). | Libro IX cap. I (vol.3, l.222) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Pacasmayo | He sends demands to the people of the Chacma and Pacasmayo valleys for submission, on terms of peace or war. | Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.292) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Saña | Eight valleys between Pacasmayo and Tumbes, namely Sañam, Colque, Xinto, Tucmi, Sayanca, Mutupi, Puchiu and Chulyana, also submit. | Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.300) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Tumbes | The people of Tumbes say that among the tribes the Inca conquered on the coast, theirs was the most luxurious and dissolute. | Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.320) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Huayna Capac crosses to the island (Puna) and is entertained there. | Libro IX cap. IV (vol.3, l.541) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | The people of Puna kill Huayna Capac's captains (title of Chapter 5). | Libro IX cap. V (vol.3, l.587) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Punishment of the rebels (title of Chapter 6). | Libro IX cap. VI (vol.3, l.666) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Tumbes | Huayna Capac leaves Tumbes, leaves a system of peace and war rule, and tours half the kingdom. | Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.753) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Chachapoyas | He orders the army heading for the coast to turn back to the Chachapoyas province. | Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.786) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Chachapoyas | The people of Chachapoyas realize their guilt and the Inca's clemency, and thereafter become loyal subjects. | Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.906) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Manta | Reaches the border of the Manta province, where the port the Spaniards call Puerto Viejo lies. | Libro IX cap. VII (vol.3, l.932) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Advances through Saramiso to the Pasao province. | Libro IX cap. VII (vol.3, l.1024) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Cusco | On the tour he reaches Cusco and holds Raymi, the sun's great festival. | Libro IX cap. X (vol.3, l.1220) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | The rebellion of the Carangue people and their punishment (title of Chapter 11). | Libro IX cap. XI (vol.3, l.1292) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Quito | Huayna Capac installs his son Atahualpa as king of Quito (title of Chapter 12). | Libro IX cap. XII (vol.3, l.1382) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Huayna Capac takes one of two famous roads and returns by the other. | Libro IX cap. XIII (vol.3, l.1538) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Huayna Capac hears news of the Spaniards who were moving along the coast (title of Chapter 14). | Libro IX cap. XIV (vol.3, l.1648) | |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Quito | Death of Huayna Capac, in 1523, eight years before 1531, when Pizarro's party entered Peru (reign of 42 years). | Libro IX cap. XIV (vol.3, l.1673) |
| AD 1481 – 1523 | Quito | On a day near the end of his life, Huayna Capac, then in the Kingdom of Quito, goes into a lake to bathe; his last words and the prophecy of the Spaniards' arrival (Chapter 15). | Libro IX cap. XV (vol.3, l.1826) |
| AD 1523 – 1532 | Cusco | Huáscar orders the governors of Anti, Colla and Cuntisuyu to gather troops quickly and come to Cusco. | Libro IX cap. XXXIV (vol.3, l.3735) |
| AD 1523 – 1532 | Atahualpa's army defeats Huáscar's army; the Colla people hold back, and Huáscar's soldiers are said to be raw recruits. | Libro IX cap. XXXV (vol.3, l.3810) | |
| AD 1523 – 1532 | Atahualpa's army marches along the road, bringing the chiefs and inhabitants under submission. | Libro IX cap. XXXVII (vol.3, l.4081) | |
| AD 1523 – 1532 | Cusco | Huáscar leaves Cusco once he is prepared and goes to Quipaipan, one league from Cusco, to fight. | Libro IX cap. XXXVII (vol.3, l.4084) |