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Historical Events
Results 1 - 89 of 89
1500-07-15 - "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
1529-07-26 - Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
1533-08-29 - Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
1535-01-06 - City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1535-01-18 - Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru
1540-08-15 - Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
1551-05-12 - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1600-02-19 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1623-04-29 - 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1624-05-07 - Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1624-05-13 - Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1624-06-08 - Earthquake strikes Peru
1624-08-14 - Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru
1651-03-31 - Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1746-10-28 - Peruvian cities of Lima & Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
1821-07-28 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1821-10-08 - The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1823-09-10 - Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1824-02-10 - Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1824-12-09 - Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
1825-08-06 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
1827-08-22 - José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
1836-11-11 - Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru
1839-01-20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.
1848-04-08 - Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
1865-11-26 - Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
1865-12-05 - Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1866-05-02 - Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
1868-08-13 - Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)
1879-03-23 - War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country.
1879-04-05 - Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
1879-05-21 - War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
1879-10-08 - War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1883-10-20 - Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile
1911-08-22 - Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
1924-05-07 - Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1929-06-03 - Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
1929-06-03 - Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
1934-05-24 - Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
1941-01-27 - Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-13 - Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die
1942-01-29 - Peru & Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1945-02-14 - Peru, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN
1947-04-28 - Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
1953-07-07 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1958-05-08 - VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1959-10-12 - At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
1962-01-10 - 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru
1962-01-10 - Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500
1962-01-11 - Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1963-06-28 - Belaunde Terry inaugurated as pres of Peru
1964-05-24 - Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1966-05-25 - Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1968-10-03 - Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Belaúnde Terry in Peru
1968-10-09 - Government seizes oil fields in Peru
1969-03-25 - Andes Pact signed in Peru
1969-08-24 - Peru nationalizes US oil interests
1970-05-31 - At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)
1970-08-09 - Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1971-03-18 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1971-12-24 - Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later
1974-01-05 - An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
1974-04-26 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1978-05-23 - General strike in Peru
1978-06-18 - Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
1980-05-18 - Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
1980-07-28 - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president
1981-12-11 - Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1981-12-11 - UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
1982-03-02 - Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
1985-04-14 - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985-07-28 - Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru
1988-08-20 - Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1990-05-29 - An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1990-05-30 - 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
1990-05-30 - Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
1990-07-28 - Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru
1992-04-05 - Peru's Pres Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress
1994-02-16 - Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends govt in Peru
1994-02-25 - Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31
1994-11-05 - Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
1995-01-09 - Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight
1997-04-22 - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
2000-11-17 - Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2001-12-29 - Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed.
2002-07-20 - South America: A fire in a discotheque in Lima, Peru kills over twenty-five.
2004-12-08 - The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
2005-08-23 - TANS Peru Flight 204 crashes near Pucallpa, Peru, killing 41.
2007-08-15 - An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 60 of 60
1523-11-11 - Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician
1569-12-09 - Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)
1579-12-09 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
1586-04-20 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
1663-11-26 - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)
1778-02-25 - Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru
1833-02-07 - Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
1836-09-05 - Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
1863-06-10 - Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)
1882-11-02 - Leo Perutz, writer
1886-02-23 - Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author
1891-04-30 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
1892-03-16 - Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)
1895-02-03 - Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, politician (APRA-Peru) [or Feb 22]
1895-02-22 - Victor RaulHaya de la Torre, founder (Peruvian Aprista Party)
1909-02-04 - Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
1910-12-16 - Freddie Brown, Peru, cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as ")
1912-10-07 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
1914-05-19 - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
1920-01-19 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General
1922-09-10 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer
1925-12-25 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
1927-09-10 - Yma Sumac, [Chavarri], Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano (Omar Khayyam)
1936-03-28 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
1936-09-23 - Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
1938-07-28 - Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )
1941-01-08 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
1942-11-20 - Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
1945-05-20 - Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
1946-03-28 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1947-07-08 - Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
1949-05-23 - Alan Garcia Perez, pres of Peru (1985-90)
1949-05-25 - Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982)
1954-10-30 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer
1959-10-07 - Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
1959-10-08 - Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut (STS 84, sk 97)
1960-03-01 - Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
1960-10-08 - François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
1961-10-22 - Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer (four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88)
1962-10-23 - Jaime Yzaga, Peru, tennis star
1963-03-30 - Jenny Lidback, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
1964-07-03 - Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
1967-04-17 - Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-born Scottish actor
1967-10-23 - Jaime Yzaga, Lima Peru, tennis star
1967-11-28 - José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
1971-10-27 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
1972-12-28 - Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1974-07-02 - Natali Sacco, Miss Universe-Peru (1996)
1974-12-12 - Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
1976-10-29 - Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe (1997)
1977-03-23 - Jean Carlos Gamarra, Peruvian taekwondo practitioner
1977-04-07 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
1978-10-03 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
1978-12-29 - Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress
1981-06-16 - Miguel Villalta, Peruvian Footballer
1983-04-17 - Roberto Jimenez, Peruvian football player
1984-01-01 - José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984-10-26 - Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1986-01-14 - Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
1990-12-27 - Luis Trujillo, Peruvian Football Player
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 26 of 26
1533-08-29 - Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1538-07-08 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1541-06-26 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima
1542-09-16 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded
1576-12-15 - Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1600-02-15 - Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)
1616-04-23 - El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1617-08-30 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1620-01-17 - Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
1639-01-23 - Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
1639-11-03 - Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
1743-04-30 - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
1781-05-18 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
1879-10-08 - Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
1923-07-16 - Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
1930-04-16 - José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
1933-04-30 - Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1938-04-15 - Caesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
1966-08-18 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle & Blessing), dies at 75
1983-11-27 - Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
1992-02-15 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1994-12-04 - Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
1998-04-27 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)
2002-02-06 - Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2002-06-04 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician (b. 1912)
2006-10-16 - Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
