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Peru chronology

Peru chronology

The man of Paiján (Chicama Valley)

10000
BC

Cave paintings of Toquepala

The man of Guitarrero (Ancash)

9000
BC

The man of Telamarchay

7000
BC

Burial of Lauricocha (Huánuco)

6500
BC

Beginning of corn cultivation

6000
BC

Ancón

Carhua

2500
BC

Crossed Hands Temple (Kotosh)

2000
BC

Beginning of the pottery

1800
BC

Ceremonial center of Sechín (Casma Valley)

Garagay

1500
BC

Ancón

Carhua

1400
BC

Beginning of the early period

Chavin Culture

1000
BC

Cupisnique Culture

900
BC

Paracas Culture (Caves)

500
BC

Paracas Culture (Necropolis)

450
BC

Vicus Culture (Piura)

Salinar Culture (Chicama)

390
BC

Nazca Culture (Ica)

200
BC

Viru Culture or Gallinazo

100
BC

Beginnings of the Mochica Culture

100
AC

Lima Culture

200

Tiahuanaco Culture

250

Mochica Culture

400

Late period of the Nazca Culture

550

Beginnings of the Huari Culture

650

Peak of the second period (Huari)

750

Lambayeque Culture

1000

Chimú Culture

1200

Chancay Culture

Chincha Culture

1250

Chachapoyas, Yarowilca and Cajamarca Cultures

1350

Construction of Sacsayhuamán

1480

Huayna Cápac kingdom

1492

Expansion of Tahuantinsuyo

1515

Death of Huayna Cápac

1528

Pizarro captures the Inca Atahualpa in Cajamarca

1532

Foundation of Lima

1535

Rebellion of Manco Inca

1536

Death of Almagro in the battle of Salinas

1538

Assasination of Francisco Pizarro

1541

Creation of the Peruvian Vice-kingdom by the New Laws

1542

Arrival of the first vice-king Blasco Núñez de Vela

1544

Foundation of the University of San Marcos

1551

Arrival of the Vice-king Francisco de Toledo

1569

Installation of the Inquisition Court

1570

Birth of San Martín de Porras

Túpac Amaru I is excecuted by Toledo

1572

Santo Toribio de Mongrovejo arrives as Archbishop of Lima

1581

Birth of Santa Rosa de Lima

1587

Publication of the Royal Comments of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

1609

Creation of the Consulate Court of Lima

1613

Foundation in Lima of the Prince's College for noble indians

1620

Earthquake in Lima

1630

Death of San Martín de Porras

1639

Rebellion of the miners in Layacacota (Puno) suppressed by the Vice-king Conde de Lemos

1668

Saint Rose is canonized

1670

Foundation of the University San Crístobal in Huamanga

1677

Foundation of the University San Antonio Abad in Cuzco

1692

Cholera and typhus epidemic ravages mountain inhabitants in the South

1720

Definitive creation of the Vice-kingdom of New Grenade

1740

Birth of José Gabriel Condorcanqui Túpac Amaru II

1741

Appearance of the Lima Gazette, first newspaper in Lima and South America

1743

The Vice-king Amat opens the Acho Arene

1766

Creation of the Vice-kingdom of Río de la Plata

1776

Promulgation of the Free-Trade Law

1778

Beginning of the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II

1780

Creation of the Hearings in Cuzco

1787

Appearance of the Lima's Journal

1790

Appearance of the Peruvian Mercurio

1791

Rebellion of indians in Huánuco

1812

Rebellion of Paillardelle in Tacna

1813

Indenpendence Proclamation by San Martín in Lima

1821

Promulgation of the First Constitution

1823

Battles of Junín and Ayacucho

1824

First government of Gamarra

1829

Creation of the newspaper El Comercio

1839

Battle of Ingavi

1841

Beginning of the first government of Ramón Castilla

1845

José R. Echenique takes the presidency

1851

Second government of Castilla

1855

Combat of May the Second

1866

Foundation of the Civilian Party

1871

Manuel Pardo, first civilian president

1872

Mariano Ignacio Prado takes the presidency

1876

The Pacifique War begins

1879

Battle of Arica

1880

Occupation of Lima by Chile

1881

Departure of Chilian troops

1884

First government of Cáceres

1886

Signature of the Grace contract

1889

Second government of Cáceres

1894

Civil war, departure of Cáceres

1895

Government of López de Romaña

1899

Government of José Pardo y B.

1904

Tramway circulates in Lima

1906

First government of Augusto B. Leguía

1908

Government of Guillermo Billinghurst

1912

Coup d'état of Oscar R. Benavides to Billinghurst government

1914

Second government of Jose Pardo

1915

Foundation of the Catholic University

1917

Coup d'état of Augusto B. Leguia; beginning of the Oncenio (11 years of gov.)

1919

Creation of the APRA party in Mexico by Victor Haya de la Torre

First reelection of Leguía

1924

Second reelection of Leguía

1929

Departure of Leguía by a coup d'état of Sánchez Cerro

1930

Sánchez Cerro wins elections against Haya de la Torre

1931

Oscar R. Benavides takes presidency after Sánchez Cerro's assasination

1933

Presidency of Manuel Prado

1939

War against Ecuador

1941

Signature of the Rio de Janeiro Protocole

1942
1945

Declaration of the sovereignty on 200 nautical miles

1947

Coup d'état of General Manuel A. Odría

Beginning of the Ochenio (8 years of gouv.)

1948

Women's right to vote

Second government of Manuel Prado

1956

Coup d'état of the Military Junta

1962

Belaúnde Terry of the Popular Action Party wins presidential elections

1963

Coup d'état of General Juan Velasco and the Army

1968

Creation of the Land Reform Law

1969

An avalanche buries the town of Yungay

1970

Expropriation of important news papers

1974

Francisco Morales Bermúdez takes the presidency

1975

Promulgation of the Constitution of 1979

1979

Second government of Fernando Belaúnde

Beginnigs of the Shining Path terrorist group

1980

Conflict with Ecuador in the Condor Mountain chains

Javier Pérez de Cuellar is elected General Secretary of the UN

1981

First government of Alan García

Visite of Pope John Paul II

1985

Appearance of the MUC dollar

1986

Attempt to nationalize banks

1987

First government of Alberto Fujimori

1990

Auto coup d'état of Alberto Fujimori: dissolution of the Congress

Capture of the Shining Path leader, Abimael Guzmán

1992

Adoption of the new constitution by referendum

1993

Second government of Fujimori

Conflict with Ecuador in Tiwinza

1995

The MRTA takes hostage the Embassy of Japan

12/1996

Signature of a peace treaty with Ecuador in Brazil

1998

Second reelection of Fujimori

07/2000

Crisis of the democracy, presidency is declared vacant by moral incapacity of Fujimori

Valentín Paniagua takes the presidency for an interim period

2000

Election of Alejandro Toledo

07/2001

Election of Alan Garcia

07/2006

Election of Ollanta Humala

07/2011

Election of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

07/2016