francisco pizarro executes atahuallpa, the last incan emperor.

Francisco Pizarro executed Atahualpa, the last free-reigning Inca emperor, in 1533. After capturing Atahualpa in the Battle of Cajamarca in 1532, Pizarro held him hostage. Atahualpa offered a ransom of filling a large room with gold and silver for his release, which was accepted and delivered. However, after receiving the ransom, Pizarro accused Atahualpa of treason, conspiracy, and the murder of his brother Huáscar. Atahualpa was sentenced to death by burning but converted to Christianity at the last moment and was executed by strangulation on July 26, 1533. This marked the effective end of the Inca Empire under native rule, with Spanish dominance established thereafter.