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| 1533 |
| | | The Spanish conquistadors capture and sack the Inca capital of Cuzco, high in the Andes | |
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| 1536 |
| | | Manco Inca begins a siege of the Spaniards in Cuzco that lasts for a year | |
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| 1537 |
| | | With the end of the siege of Cuzco, and the flight of Manco Inca, the Spanish have full control of Peru | |
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| 1542 |
| | | New Laws are passed in Spain, in an attempt to protect the Indians on the encomiendas of Spanish America | |
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| 1545 |
| | | Rich seams of silver are discovered at Potosi, in modern Bolivia | |
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| 1548 |
| | | La Paz is founded on the trade route between Lima and the newly discovered silver mines at Potosi | |
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| 1549 |
| | | Brazil becomes a Portuguese royal province, under the control of a governor general | |
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| 1549 |
| | | The first Portuguese governor general of Brazil selects Bahia (now Salvador) as his capital | |
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| 1579 |
| | | Francis Drake seizes a Spanish vessel laden with gold and silver in the Pacific, formerly a safe area for Spain | |
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| c. 1630 |
| | | Rival Dutch, English and French colonies are established in Guiana, the northeast coast of south America | |
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