Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader (died 1781)

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of an uprising in Peru

Tupac Amaru II, c. 1742 – 18 May 1781) was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to a mythical status in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous…