Spanish colonial administrator José Antonio de Areche…
1781 CE
Spanish colonial administrator José Antonio de Areche acts in response to Túpac's uprising, moving troops from Lima and as far off as Cartagena toward the region.
Troops from Lima are instrumental in helping repel attempts by Túpac to capture Cuzco in December and January.
Following these failures, his coalition of disparate malcontents begins to fall apart, with the upper-caste Criollos abandoning him first to rejoin the loyalist forces.
Spanish authorities begin to gain the upper hand by the end of February 1781, and Túpac and his family are captured on April 6, 1781.
He is sentenced to death on May 15, and he is forced on May 18 to witness the execution of his wife and children before he is himself hanged, drawn and quartered.