BoliviaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
5 SHARED EVENTSPeru

Entangled histories

5 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BOL LEFT · PER RIGHT

1. 1538-1559

   Spanish conquest of Charcas

   Spanish forces subdue the highlands of Upper Peru, organising them as the Audiencia of Charcas within the Viceroyalty of Peru.

   Colonisation · from the Bolivia chronicle · Conquest, the Silver of Potosi, and Charcas · REFS 2 — Bolivia: Early period, Bolivia: A Country Study

2. 1809 CE

   Uprisings at Chuquisaca and La Paz

   Revolts in Upper Peru in 1809, sparked by the Spanish crisis under Napoleon, are remembered among the first independence movements in the Americas.

   Independence · from the Bolivia chronicle · The Revolt of Tupac Katari and Independence · REFS 2 — Bolivia: Early period, Bolivia: A Country Study

3. 6 Aug 1825

   Republic of Bolivia proclaimed

   A congress at Chuquisaca declares the independence of Upper Peru as a republic named Bolivia in honour of Simon Bolivar, with Sucre soon its first president.

   Independence · from the Bolivia chronicle · The Revolt of Tupac Katari and Independence · REFS 2 — Simon Bolivar: Bolivia, Antonio Jose de Sucre

4. 1879-1883

   War of the Pacific

   Chile defeats Bolivia and its ally Peru and annexes Bolivia's coast; Bolivia loses its Pacific province of Antofagasta and becomes landlocked.

   War & Rupture · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · REFS 2 — War of the Pacific, Bolivia: A Country Study

5. 1879-1883

   War of the Pacific

   Allied with Bolivia, Peru fights Chile over the nitrate-rich Atacama; Chilean forces occupy Lima in 1881 and Peru is defeated.

   War & Rupture · from the Peru chronicle · The Young Republic and the War of the Pacific · REFS 2 — War of the Pacific, Peru: History