Francisco Pizarro and the Spaniards arrived in Pachacámac at the end of 1534. They came from Jauja looking for a place to found the capital of Peru. On January 6, 1535, a group of soldiers went to explore the Rímac Valley. A week later the expedition returned saying that they had found the perfect p
Compared to other countries, Peruvians have built an official memory of independence as a process that came from outside and minimizing the participation of Peruvians, says the renowned historian. For many generations, Peruvians have been commemorating July 28, 1821 as “the day of our independence”.
Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, Peter Kaulicke, Julián I. Santillana and Waldemar Espinoza Soriano. ECONOMIC HISTORY; ANDEAN SOCIETY; PREHISPANIC ERA; PRECOLUMBIAN ERA; INCAS, TAHUANTINSUYO VOL 1 ECONOMY PRE HIS BREAD ICA HISTORIAN:CARLOS CONTRERAS editor CENTRAL RESERVE BANK OF PERU IEP Institute of
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 , Revolution of 1932 or Guerra Paulista was the first major uprising against the administration of Getúlio Vargas and also the last major armed conflict that took place in Brazil. The elites of São Paulo sought to regain the political command they had lost w