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| 1776 |
| | | Spanish America is now administered as four viceroyalties - New Spain, New Granada, New Peru and La Plata | |
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| 1780 |
| | | An Indian uprising in Spanish Peru is led by a descendant of the Incas, Tupac Amaru II | |
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| 1821 |
| | | San Martín enters Lima and proclaims Peruvian independence with himself as 'Protector' | |
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| 1822 |
| | | After failing to agree with Bolívar at Guayaquil, San Martín resigns his post as Protector of Peru | |
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| 1823 |
| | | Bolívar arrives in Lima to be granted command of the army and dictatorial powers in the republic of Peru | |
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| 1824 |
| | | After the surrender of the Spanish army to Antonio José de Sucre at Ayacucho, Peru is finally liberated | |
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| 1825 |
| | | With a victory at Tumusla Antonio José de Sucre liberates Upper Peru (the future Bolivia), the last Spanish stronghold in continental America | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Upper Peru declares independence as the republic of Bolivia, in honour of Simón Bolívar | |
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| 1847 |
| | | William Hickling Prescott follows his great work on Mexico with a 2-volume History of the Conquest of Peru | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The War of the Pacific brings Chile new mineral wealth at the expense of Bolivia and Peru | |
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