ChileandAND⤬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 · CHL LEFT · PER RIGHT

1. c. 1471-1493

   Empire at its height

   Under Pachacuti's successors the Inca extend Tawantinsuyu from present-day Colombia to Chile and Argentina, bound by roads, storehouses and the mita labour system.

   Politics & Power · from the Peru chronicle · The Inca Empire of Tawantinsuyu · REFS 2 — Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, City of Cuzco

2. 1536-1537

   Almagro's expedition turns back

   Diego de Almagro leads the first Spanish entry into Chile as far as the Maule River; finding no gold or empire, the expedition returns to Peru, but the Spanish first clash with the Araucanians.

   Colonisation · from the Chile chronicle · Indigenous Peoples and the World of Rapa Nui · REFS 2 — Diego de Almagro, History of Chile

3. 1879-1883

   The War of the Pacific

   A dispute over nitrate taxes leads Chile to war with Peru and Bolivia; Chilean victories win the nitrate-rich Atacama and leave Bolivia landlocked.

   War & Rupture · from the Chile chronicle · The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century · REFS 2 — War of the Pacific, History of Chile

4. 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

5. 20 Oct 1883

   Treaty of Ancon

   Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile and loses control of Tacna and Arica, a humiliating settlement whose final terms were not fixed until 1929.

   Politics & Power · from the Peru chronicle · The Young Republic and the War of the Pacific · REFS 1 — War of the Pacific