country, 96 engagements

Battles in Peru

96 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Peru: 81 battles, 9 sieges, 5 naval actions and 1 campaign between 1230 and 1991. The wars with most engagements here: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (26), War of the Pacific (13), Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II (9), Spanish American wars of independence (7).

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96 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by half century

93 dated engagements, one bar per half century, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 12 with pages

Contested ground 2

Callao 6 engagements
Cusco 3 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1230	Siege of Macunsa	Q71316566
1438	Battle of Yahuarpampa	Peru
1438	Battle of Cusco	Cusco	Chanka–Inca War
1438	Battle of Jaquixahuana	Cusco
1532	Battle of Huanucopampa	Huánucopampa	Inca Civil War
1532	Battle of the Mangroves	Tumbes Department	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
16 November 1532	Battle of Cajamarca	Cajamarca	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533	First Battle of Jauja	Jauja	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533	Battle of Huaripampa	Huaripampa District	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533	Battle of Capi	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533	Battle of Vilcas	Vilcashuamán	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
14 November 1533	Battle of Cusco	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533	Battle of Anta	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1534	Battle of the Yacus River	Jauja	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1534	Second Battle of Jauja	Jauja	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1534	Battle of Maraycalla	Maray Qalla	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Battle of Sacsayhuaman	Saqsaywaman	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Battle of Yucay	Yucay District	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Battle of Huaytará	Huaytará	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Battle of Parcos	Cusco	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Third Battle of Jauja	Jauja	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1536	Battle of Lunahuaná	Lunahuaná	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
1536	Battle of Rumichaca Bridge	Pampas River	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
December 1536	Battle of Ollantaytambo	Ollantaytambo	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1537	Battle of Calca	Calca	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1537	Battle of Urcos	Urcos	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
1538	Battle of Oncoy	Ongoy District	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1538	Battle of Yuramayo	Jauja Province	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1542	Battle of Chupas	Ayacucho	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
9 April 1548	Battle of Jaquijahuana	Saqsaywaman	Great Encomendero Uprising
18 November 1780	Battle of Sangarará	Sangarará	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1780	Battle of Pillpinto	Pillpinto District	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1780	Capture of Ayaviri	Ayaviri	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1781	Battle of Saylla	Saylla District	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1781	Sieege of Cusco (1781)	Cusco	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1781	Battle of Pucacasa	Quispicanchi Province	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1781	Battle of Combapata	Combapata District	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1781	Battle of Condorcuyo	Santa Rosa District	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1782	Battle of Moho	Moho	Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
1814	Battle of Huanta	Huanta	Cuzco Rebellion
1820	Battle of Cerro de Pasco	Pasco Department	Spanish American wars of independence
1820	Battle of Huancayo	Huancayo	Peruvian War of Independence
1821	Battle of Higos Urco	Chachapoyas	Peruvian War of Independence
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
1822	Battle of La Ventana	Chachapoyas	War for the Independence of Maynas
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
1823	Battle of Zepita	Zepita District	Peruvian War of Independence
6 August 1824	Battle of Junín	Junín Department	Spanish American wars of independence
1824	Battle of Callao	Port of Callao	Peruvian War of Independence
1824	Battle of Bellavista	Callao	Peruvian War of Independence
1824	Battle of Corpahuaico	Ayacucho Department	Peruvian War 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
1828	1828 Peruvian–Bolivian War	Bolivia
1836	Battle of Uchumayo	Uchumayo District	Salaverry-Santa Cruz War
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
1838	Battle of Callao	Callao	War of the Confederation
1838	Battle of Llaclla Bridge	North Peru	War of the Confederation
12 January 1839	Battle of Casma	Casma	War of the Confederation
1839	Battle of Yungay	Yungay
1842	Battle of Sama	Sama	Guerra de la Union y la Fuerza
1855	Battle of La Palma	Miraflores	Liberal Revolution of 1854
June 1857	Siege of Arequipa	Arequipa
2 May 1866	Battle of Callao	Callao	Chincha Islands War
1879	Bombardment of Pisagua	Pisagua	War of the Pacific
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
1880	Bombardment of Callao		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
1880	Lynch Expedition	Peru	War of the Pacific
13 January 1881	Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos		War of the Pacific
1881	Battle of Miraflores	Miraflores	War of the Pacific
1881	Battle of Sángrar	Junín Department	War of the Pacific
10 July 1882	Battle of La Concepción	Concepción	War of the Pacific
1904	Battle of Torres Causana	Cape Pantoja	South American territorial disputes
11 August 1941	Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte	Torres Causana District	Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
1959	La Laguna scandal	Barranco District
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
date unknown	Battle of Pachía	Pachía	Peruvian Civil War of 1843-1844
date unknown	Batalla de Habana	Habana District	War for the Independence of Maynas
date unknown	Disembarkation in Callao	Port of Callao	Peruvian Civil War of 1856-1858

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