* 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

* 1827 – José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.

* 1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25, 000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.

* 1540 – Arequipa, Peru, is founded.

* 2007 – An 8. 0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1, 090.

* 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.

* 1997 – The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.

* Lima, Peru – since 1981

* 1879 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

* 1992 – Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

In the War of the Pacific ( 1879 – 83 ), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its current northern territory.

As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia ( 1879 – 1883 ), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.

* 2004 – The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

* 1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

* 2001 – A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.

Notable violations of embassy extraterritoriality include repeated invasions of the British Embassy, Beijing ( 1967 ), the Iran hostage crisis ( 1979 – 1981 ), the Japanese embassy hostage crisis at the ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru ( 1996 ), the overrunning of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt ( 2011 ).

A war with Peru ( named the Cenepa War, after a river located in the area ) erupted in January – February 1995 in a small, remote region, where the boundary prescribed by the 1942 Rio Protocol was in dispute.

The military of Ecuador has been involved in border disputes with Peru ( Ecuadorian – Peruvian War, Paquisha War, Cenepa War ), and has provided Military Observers and troops to the United Nations since 1948.

In 1941 the Ecuadorian Military found itself weak and disorganized ; the by now long-lasting territorial dispute with Peru escalated into a major conflict, the Ecuadorian – Peruvian War of 1941.

* Gran Colombia – Peru War in 1829

* 1975 – Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before.

* 1995 – The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.

* Pierre Bouguer 1698 – 1758, ( France & Peru )

However, a campaign to reconquer Peru and Chile during the Chincha Islands War ( 1864 – 1866 ) proved disastrous and Spain suffered defeat before the determined South American powers.

By the Tacna – Arica compromise at the Treaty of Lima in 1929, Chile kept Arica, and Peru regained Tacna.

Also notable is the Sanctuary of Las Nazarenas, the point of origin for the Lord of Miracles, whose festivities in the month of October constitute the most important religious event in Lima, and a major one of Peru.

Lord of Sipán | The Lord of Sipán, Royal Tombs of Sipán museum, Lambayeque, Peru

Sipán is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru that is famous for the tomb of El Señor de Sipán ( Lord of Sipán ), excavated by Walter Alva and his wife Susana Meneses.

A reconstruction of the Lord of Sipan in his regalia is on view in the Archaeological Museum of Lima, Peru.

People has a great religious fervor for the Captive Lord ( Señor Cautivo ) whose festivities attract many followers who come in pilgrimage from several northern zones of Peru and even from Ecuador.

At an art gallery, a group of men serving under the Lord Hechinger have tracked down a blue stone that has recently arrived from Peru.

In 1971, she released a rock album called Miracles, and then returned to live in Peru.

* Saint Rose of Lima's Day ( Peru )

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* Saint Rose of Lima, of the third order of Saint Dominic, born at Lima, Peru in 1586.

It can also be found in Saint Kitts and Nevis, in parts of South America ( Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay ), and in Israel.

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Raphael has made an impression on Catholic geography: Saint Raphaël, France and Saint Raphaël, Quebec, Canada ; San Rafaels in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, the Philippines and in Venezuela as San Rafael de Mohán and San Rafael de Orituco.

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Corpus Christi is a public holiday in some countries with a predominantly Catholic population including, amongst others, Austria, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, East Timor, parts of Germany, Liechtenstein, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, parts of Spain and Switzerland, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

* There is an elementary school named Saint Martin de Porres in honour of this Saint from Peru.

Saint Rose was born Isabel Flores y de Olivia in the city of Lima, the Viceroyalty of Peru, then part of New Spain.

17th century interpretation of Saint James the Greater by the Peru vian school of Cusco | Cuzco.

When later the same slave saw him in Peru, he was very happy to meet him again and asked him if he had had a good voyage ; only later did he learn that Saint Martin had never left Lima.

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