| 1474 | Francisco is born | Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain. |
| 1509 | Francisco becomes an explorer | Francisco sailed on the expedition that founded the city of San Sebastian. |
| 1513 | Francisco works on another expedition | Francisco joined the expedition of Nunez de Balboa. They discovered the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1515 | He meets the natives | While travelling with the Nunez expedition, Francisco met and traded with the natives of the new lands. He wanted to go on his own expedition. |
| 1520 | The discovery of the Republic of Costa Rica | On another expedition Francisco helped discover what would become Costa Rica. |
| 1522 | Francisco gets his own funding | He finally found funding for his very first expedition. He sailed to just south of Panama, where he found a small amount of gold. |
| 1528 | He gets a second expedition | Because he found gold in South America, Francisco was given more funding to explore the area for treasures. |
| 1528 | The discovery of Peru | Francisco travelled with Diego de Almagro. They discovered the land of Peru. |
| 1528 | Francisco returns to Spain | After discovering Peru, Francisco returned to Spain. He asked for permission to claim Peru for Spain. |
| 1530 | Peru is claimed for Spain | Francisco took another expedition to Peru where he claimed the land for Spain. He travelled with his 3 half-brothers. |
| 1532 | Francisco takes the Inca leader hostage | Francisco came upon the Inca people who lived in Peru. He took their leader hostage and asked for ransom. |
| 1533 | The Incas are killed | Francisco became greedy for money and power. After the Incas paid the ransom for their leader, Francisco had him killed. |
| 1533 | Lima is founded | Lima became the capital of Peru and it still is today. |
| 1537 | A fight with his partner breaks out | Francisco's travelling partner was Diego de Almagro. They began to fight over who would be in control and their fight turned deadly when Diego was killed. |
| 1541 | Francisco is killed | One of Diego de Almagro's men found Francisco and killed him. Though he was greedy and cruel, Francisco's life helped open the door for other discoveries in the American continents. |
