country, 37 engagements

Battles in Peru

37 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Peru: 25 battles, 8 sieges and 4 naval actions between 1230 and 1991. The wars with most engagements here: War of the Pacific (8), Spanish American wars of independence (6), Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (5), War of the Confederation (5).

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37 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

Wars fought here 6 with pages

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1230	Siege of Macunsa	Q71316566
16 November 1532	Battle of Cajamarca	Cajamarca	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
14 November 1533	Battle of Cusco	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
6 May 1536	Siege of Cusco	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
10 August 1536	Siege of Lima	Lima	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
December 1536	Battle of Ollantaytambo	Ollantaytambo	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
12 July 1537	Battle of Abancay	Abancay	Civil Wars between the conquerors of Peru
26 April 1538	Battle of Las Salinas		Civil Wars between the conquerors of Peru
9 April 1548	Battle of Jaquijahuana	Saqsaywaman	Great Encomendero Uprising
18 November 1780	Battle of Sangarará	Sangarará	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
13 July 1821	First Siege of Callao	Callao	Peruvian War of Independence
7 April 1822	Battle of Ica	Ica Department	Spanish American wars of independence
19 January 1823	Battle of Torata	Moquegua Department	Spanish American wars of independence
21 January 1823	Battle of Moquegua	Moquegua Department	Spanish American wars of independence
6 August 1824	Battle of Junín	Junín Department	Spanish American wars of independence
5 December 1824	Second Siege of Callao	Callao	Spanish American wars of independence
9 December 1824	Battle of Ayacucho	Ayacucho	Spanish American wars of independence
5 February 1837	Battle of San Lorenzo island	San Lorenzo Island	War of the Confederation
1838	Battle of Islay		War of the Confederation
1838	Third Siege of Callao	Callao
3 January 1838	Capture of the schooner Peruviana	Callao	War of the Confederation
21 August 1838	Battle of Portada de Guías	Lima	War of the Confederation
12 January 1839	Battle of Casma	Casma	War of the Confederation
June 1857	Siege of Arequipa	Arequipa
2 May 1866	Battle of Callao	Callao	Chincha Islands War
21 May 1879	Battle of Iquique	Tarapacá	War of the Pacific
19 November 1879	Battle of San Francisco	South America	War of the Pacific
22 March 1880	Battle of Los Ángeles	Cerro Los Ángeles	War of the Pacific
1 April 1880	Battle of Locumba		War of the Pacific
18 April 1880	Battle of Buenavista		War of the Pacific
26 May 1880	Battle of Tacna	Tacna	War of the Pacific
13 January 1881	Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos		War of the Pacific
10 July 1882	Battle of La Concepción	Concepción	War of the Pacific
11 August 1941	Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte	Torres Causana District	Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
27 March 1989	First Raid on Uchiza	Uchiza	internal conflict in Peru
28 May 1989	Second Raid on Uchiza	Uchiza	internal conflict in Peru
13 August 1991	Battle of Aguaytía	Aguaytía	internal conflict in Peru

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.