Túpac Amaru II

leader of an indigenous uprising against the Spanish in Peru

1742 CE to 1781 CE

Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Túpac Amaru b.

March 19, 1742 in Surimana-Canas, Cuzco, Viceroyalty of Peru – executed in Cuzco May 18, 1781) is a leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish in Peru.

Although unsuccessful, he later becomes a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement and an inspiration to a myriad of causes in Peru.

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