23 Apr 1616: d. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega chronicler of #Peru - a person with a #Spanish father and #Inca mother, author of a number of important historical works (John Carter Brown Library)
Today in Labor History March 19, 1742: Tupac Amaru was born. Tupac Amaru II had led a large Andean uprising against the Spanish. As a result, he became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and in the indigenous rights movement. The Tupamaros revolutionary movement in Uruguay (1960s-1970s) took their name from him. As did the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary guerrilla group, in Peru, and the Venezuelan Marxist political party Tupamaro. American rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was also named after him. Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote a poem called “Tupac Amaru (1781).” And Clive Cussler’s book, “Inca Gold,” has a villain who claims to be descended from the revolutionary leader.
Today in Labor History November 4, 1780: The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Peru began. The Spanish captured and executed Tupac in 1781, but the rebellion continued for another year. Many women participated in the rebellion, including Tupac’s wife, Micaela Bastidas, who commanded her own battalion, and who many claimed was even more daring than her husband. The uprising began because of “reforms” by the colonial administration that increased taxes and labor demands on both indigenous and creole populations. However, there was also an ongoing desire to overthrow European rule and restore the pre-conquest Incan empire. And though this would merely replace one feudal power with another, there were also Jacobin and proto-communist elements to the rebellion. Most of the Tupamarista soldiers were poor peasants, artisans and women who saw the uprising as an opportunity to create an egalitarian society, without the cast and class divisions of either the Spanish or Incan feudal systems.
Some archaeologists describe Peru's capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales.
@retro_DMT#Inca this game was one of Sierra's stranger offerings it had adventure game elements but you also piloted a spaceship and had to deal with mazes that had laser shooting bad guys. Hmm I should play this game again one of these days
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru (phys.org)
Some archaeologists describe Peru's capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales.