Túpac Amaru II (March 19, 1738 in Tinta, Peru – January 1780)
In 1780 Túpac Amaru's great-grandson, José Gabriel Condorcanqui, better known as Túpac Amaru II, led the first major Incan uprising against the Spaniards in two centuries. His rebellion was suppressed, he was captured and sentenced to be tortured and put to death. After his torture he was killed by being drawn and quartered on the main plaza in Cuzco in 1781, in the same place as his namesake had been beheaded. Other regional revolts followed. Thereafter all the descendants of the Incas were once again traced and many were executed. A group of ninety were sent to Spain where most died in prisons.
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