1474- Francisco is given birth; Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain.
1509- Francisco decides to become an explorer; Francisco was onboard the expedition that soon founded the city of San Sebastian.
1513- Francisco started work on another expedition; Francisco joined the expedition of Nunez de Balboa which discovered the Pacific Ocean.
1515- He met the indigenous natives; During his travels with the Nunez expedition, Francisco met and traded with natives of new lands and soon wanted to go on his own expedition.
1520- The discovery of the Republic of Costa Rica; On another expedition Francisco helped discover present day Costa Rica.
1522- Francisco finally gets funded; He finally found funding for his very own and very first expedition. He sailed to only the south of Panama, where he found a small amount of gold.
1528- He got a second expedition; Because he found gold in South America, Francisco was given more funding to explore the area for treasures as a reward.
1528- The discovery of Peru; Francisco travelled with Diego de Almagro, and they eventually discovered the land of Peru.
1528- Francisco returned to Spain; After discovering Peru, Francisco returned to Spain and asked for permission to claim Peru for Spain.
1530- Peru was claimed for Spain; Francisco took another expedition to Peru where he claimed the land for Spain and travelled with his 3 half-brothers.
1532- Francisco took the Incan leader hostage; Francisco came upon the Inca people who lived in Peru and took their leader hostage and asked for ransom.
1533- The Incas were killed; Francisco's desire and greed for money and power led him to always wanting more and so after the ransom was paid, he still had the Incan emperor killed.
1533- Lima was founded; Lima became the capital of Peru and still is today.
1537- A fight with his partner broke out; Francisco's traveling partner was Diego de Almagro, and both began to fight over who would be in control and their fight turned deadly leading to Diego being killed.
1541- Francisco was killed; One of Diego de Almagro's men found Francisco and killed him and although he was greedy and cruel, Francisco's life helped open the door for other discoveries in the American continents.
