History

1250 CE: Chavin, Nazca and Tiahuanaco migrate from the north to settle the region that will
become Peru.
1100-1300 CE: Incans move north to take over Cusco Valley
1500 CE: Incan Empire stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the regions that are now Chile and
Ecuador.
1532 CE: Inca Civil War between Atahualpa and Huascar.
Francisco Pizarro comes from Spain and kidnap Atahualpa who had won civil war.
1533 CE: Spanish destroy Incan infostructure and the city of Cuzco falls
Western diseases ravish native Peruvians.
1535 CE: First Spanish city, Ciudad de los Reyes, founded on the Rimac River.
1541 CE: Pizarro is assassinated.
1542 CE: Viceroy of Peru is created.
1572 CE: Last Incan ruler killed by Spanish, Incan civilization development frozen.
Spanish use native peruvians as essentially slaves, do not educate them, force them to
become christian.
1780 CE: Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui leads revolt against the Spanish.
1781 CE: Revolt is put down and Condorcanqui is executed.
1814 CE: Another unsuccessful revolt
1820 CE: Argentine soldier Jose de San Martin attacks Pisco, Peru.
1821 CE: San Martin takes Lima and declares it independent.
1822-1824 CE: Simon Bolivar continues fight against Spanish, maintains Peruvian
independence.
1826-1833 CE: Chaotic years as several military commanders take and lose power.
1836-1839 CE: Bolivia invades Peru.
1845-1862 CE: Stable period. Ramon Castilla is president for most of it.
Decade of reform. Abolition of slavery, construction of railroads, spread of
telegraph and communications.
1860 CE: Liberal constitution adopted.
1864 CE: Spain invades Chincha Islands for economic reasons.
1866 CE: Spain is defeated.
1879 CE: Spain recognizes Peruvian sovereignty.
1873-1884 CE: War of the Pacific between Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
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1890 CE: Peru bailed out of bankruptcy, but loses control of many industries to outside
countries.
1890-1930 CE: Divide between poor and rich grows even larger. Production of sugar, rubber and
extraction of minerals increases.
1908 CE: Election of Augosto Leguia leads to American influence is Peru.
Lima is modernized.
1919 E: eight-hour work day established through labor strike organized by the labor movement.
1930 CE: Rise of Peruvian Labor movement.
Indian rebellions
Stock market crashes
Leguia ousted by a military coup
1932 CE: Trujillo middle class rebels against sugar barons, unsuccessful, 5,000 rebels killed.
1945 CE: Bustamante becomes president
Inflation rises out of control.
1952 CE: Tumultuous year of strikes and riots.
1962 CE: Army takes control after an inconclusive election.
1968 CE: General Juan Velasco takes power and nationalizes the countries industries.
1975 CE: General Francisco Morales Bermudez takes control through a coup.
1980 CE: Elections for president were held.
1976 CE: Terrorist group Sendero Luminoso attacks locations in Peru.
1992-2000 CE: Alberto Fujimori is elected president and tames inflation.
2000-2014 CE: Steady economic growth. Improved sanitation and health. Decline in poverty and
emigration.