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1100
The City of Chan Chan
Chan Chan was built by the Chimú people and is one of the largest adobe cities known throughout the world. It gives people the idea of how the Chimú people lived and thrived in their time -
1438
Rise of the Inca Empire
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1460
Pachacutec built Machu Picchu in the Urubamba Valley.
Workers and specialists from around the country now convened on the remote site, all of them supervised by a bevy of architects and engineers. In order to equip the citadel with the latest, state-of-the-art technology, Inca astronomers worked alongside the engineers and stonemasons to fashion observatories that could accurately mark the summer and winter solstices as well as other astronomical events. -
1532
Fall of the Inca Empire
This is the year when Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire by killing Atahuallpa, the emperor of the Incas. The Inca people were made slaves and all their silver and gold was taken back to Spain or used by the Spaniards in the New World. It marks the beginning of Spanish rule for Peru, which would last another 280 years for the people of Peru. -
Failed revolt against Spanish led by Tupac Amaru II
Failed revolt against Spanish led by Tupac Amaru II, who claimed to be descended from last Inca emperor. From 1780 to 1783, Peru and Bolivia were embroiled in a bloody revolution against colonial Spain. Stretching from well north of Cuzco to provinces south of Lake Titicaca, the Great Rebellion was the most serious threat to Spanish power in the region between conquest and independence. -
General Jose de San Martin captures Lima from Spanish and proclaims Peru independent.
General Jose de San Martin captures Lima from Spanish and proclaims Peru independent. San Martín believed that the best way to liberate Peru was to get the Peruvian people to accept independence voluntarily.He maintained a steady correspondence with Viceroys Joaquín de la Pezuela and José de la Serna in which he urged them to accept the inevitability of independence and surrender willingly in order to avoid bloodshed.San Martín's army was closing in on Lima. -
Peru’s Independence
Peru is the last country in Latin America to declare independence from Spain. This event gave Peru the opportunity to grow as its own nation. -
Peruvian-Spanish war
The Chincha Islands War, also known as the Spanish-Peruvian War of 1864-1866, tactically was a contest for control of the Chincha or Guano Islands off the coast of Peru. Strategically, it involved an attempt by Spain to reassert itself into Latin America after the various wars of independence by its former colonies in the New World. The conflict was triggered by attacks upon Spanish Basque immigrants working on Peruvian plantations. -
El Niño
A weather pattern that caused heavy rains and floods in Northern Peru, landslides and floods in Central Peru, and severe drought in Southern Peru. The destruction damaged Peru’s economy and was the worst of the 20th century. -
Interoceanic Highway
This is a 1,600 mile long road started in 2005 between Peru and the Amazon in Brazil. It connects the continent with hopes of benefitting people of South America with easy transportation and travel.
