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August 29: Atahualpa Executed

On 29 August 1533, Atahualpa was executed. He was the last Incan ruler who was not a puppet of the Spanish. At the time, the Incan empire includes parts of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia. When his father Huayna Capac died in 1526 or 1527, Atahualpa and his brother, Huascar, both vied for the […]