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I will tell from the Spanish conquistadors to the current date.
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Ignore the official timeline date. It was from 1532-33. "Spanish conquistadores led by Francisco Pizarro defeat the Incas whose empire subsequently becomes part of the Vice-royalty of Peru with its capital in Lima."
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"Revolt against Spanish led by Tupac Amaru, who claimed to be descended from last Inca chieftain, fails."
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"General Jose de San Martin captures Lima from Spanish and proclaims Peru independent."
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"Peru is last colony in Latin America to gain independence from Spain."
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The flag of Peru was adopted by the government of Peru in 1825. "It is a vertical triband with red outer bands and a single white middle band. Depending on its use, it may be defaced with different emblems, and has different names. Flag day in Peru is celebrated on June 7, the anniversary of the Battle of Arica."
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"Peru and Bolivia join in short-lived confederation."
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"Some 80,000-100,000 Chinese workers arrived in Peru to do menial jobs such as collecting guano."
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"War between Peru and Spain."
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"Peru and Bolivia are defeated by Chile during the Pacific War in which Peru loses territory in the south to Chile."
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"Chile given Peruvian province of Tarapaca in accordance with Treaty of Ancon."
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"On July 24, 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world's top tourist destinations."
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"Victor Raul Haya de la Torre sets up nationalist American Revolutionary Popular Alliance (APRA) in exile in Mexico."
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"Pablo Cesar Amaringo (1938 – 16 November 2009) was an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca. Pablo worked as a vegetalista, a shaman in the mestizo tradition of healing, for many years; up to his death, he painted, helped runthe Usko-Ayar school of painting, and supervised ayahuasca retreats.
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"Brief border war with Ecuador. Under the 1942 Rio Protocol Ecuador cedes some disputed territory to Peru."
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"Civilian government led by centre-left APRA comes to power after free elections."
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"Military government led by General Manuel Odria installed following coup."
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"Peru returns to civilian rule with centrist Fernando Belaunde Terry as president."
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"Mario Vargas Llosa's first novel, The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros), was published in 1963"
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"Civilian government ousted in coup led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado, who introduces populist land reform programme and carries out large-scale nationalisations."
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"Velasco ousted in coup led by General Morales Bermudez."
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"Peru returns to civilian rule with re-election of Fernando Belaunde as president; Shining Path, or Sendero Luminoso, guerrillas begin armed struggle."
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"Peru fights border war with Ecuador over Cordillera del Condor, which a 1942 protocol had given to Peru."
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"Deaths and "disappearances" begin to escalate following army crackdown on guerrillas and drug traffickers."
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"APRA candidate Alan Garcia Perez wins presidential election and begins campaign to remove military and police "old guard"."
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"New Libertad movement led by writer Mario Vargas Llosa blocks plans to nationalise banks as Peru faces bankruptcy."
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"Peru seeks help from International Monetary Fund; Shining Path guerrilla campaign intensifies."
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"More than 3,000 political murders reported; independent centre-right Alberto Fujimori elected president on anti-corruption platform; severe austerity and privatisation programmes launched as inflation reaches 400%."
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"Fujimori suspends constitution with army backing; Shining Path leader arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment; new single-chamber legislature elected."
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"New constitution adopted, enabling Fujimori to seek re-election."
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"Some 6,000 Shining Path guerrillas surrender to the authorities."
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"Fujimori re-elected to second term; people convicted of human rights abuses pardoned."
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"Tupac Amaru guerrillas seize hostages at Japanese ambassador's residence."
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"Peruvian special forces free hostages held at Japanese ambassador's residence."
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"Border agreement with Ecuador."
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"President Fujimori resigns following political and financial scandals."
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"Supreme Court judge issues international arrest warrant for former president Alberto Fujimori, who is in self-exile in Japan."
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2002–"Former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos sentenced to nine years in prison for corruption."
2003–"Vladimiro Montesinos sentenced to further five and eight-year jail sentences for abuse of power, embezzlement."
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2002–"Lawmakers accuse exiled former president Alberto Fujimori of treason." 2005–"Former President Fujimori is arrested in Chile, after arriving there from Japan, pending extradition proceedings."
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"Government begins to compensate guerrilla war victims; $800m is earmarked for the purpose."
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"Peru and the US reach a free trade agreement."
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"Alan Garcia, a former president, celebrates victory after a second round of voting. His rival, nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala, emerged as the front-runner in the first round."
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"Earthquake hits coastal areas, killing hundreds and destroying churches and houses."
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"At least 54 people are killed in clashes in the Amazon between security forces and indigenous people protesting against land ownership laws opening up oil and gas resources to foreign companies."
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Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2010.
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"Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango is freed on bail pending trial a day after he was detained upon his return home from almost a year in exile. He is accused of inciting protests against planned oil and gas exploration in Peru's rainforest that turned deadly."
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Presidential elections. First round fails to produce an outright winner. Second round scheduled for 5 June.
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"1821 - General Jose de San Martin captures Lima from Spanish and proclaims Peru independent.
1824 - Peru is last colony in Latin America to gain independence from Spain." -
Combate de Amgamos
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La Inmaculada Concepcion
