Facatativá was discovered by the Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, while on the quest for "El Dorado". Jiménez de Quesada had his first contact with what is today's Facatativá while trying to capture indigenous Muisca "zipa" Tisquesusa who intended to escape the Spanish invasion with six hundred men. Tisquesusa was captured and killed by Spanish soldiers on July 15, 1537.