Peruvian War of Independence

Part of the Spanish American wars of independence

The Battle of Ayacucho
Painting by Antonio Herrera Toro

Date	1811-1826 (15 years)
Location	Viceroyalty of Peru and Upper Peru
Result	Peru becomes independent of the Spanish monarchy

Belligerents

United Liberating Army

Spanish Empire

Commanders and leaders

Francisco Antonio de Zela
Mateo Pumacahua
José de San Martín
Manuel Belgrano
Bernardo O'Higgins
José de la Riva Agüero
José Bernardo de Tagle
Juan Gregorio de las Heras
Simón Bolívar
Antonio José de Sucre
Lord Cochrane

Carlos María de Alvear

Ferdinand VII

Units involved

Pro-independence militias
Army of the North
United Liberating Army

Royalist Army

United Liberating Army

Spanish Empire

Ferdinand VII

The Peruvian War of Independence was composed of a series of military conflicts in Perú beginning with viceroy Abascal military reconquest on 1811 in the battle of Guaqui, going with the definitive defeat of the Spanish Army on 1824 in the battle of Ayacucho, and culminated in 1826, with the Siege of Callao. The wars of independence took place with the background of the 1780-1781 uprising by indigenous leader Túpac Amaru II and the earlier removal of Upper Peru and the Río de la Plata regions from the Viceroyalty of Peru. Because of this the viceroy often had the support of the "Lima oligarchy," who saw their elite interests threatened by popular rebellion and were opposed to the new commercial class in Buenos Aires. During the first decade 1800s Peru had been a stronghold for royalists, who fought those in favor of independence in Perú, Upper Peru, Quito and Chile. Among the most important events during the war was the proclamation of independence of Peru by José de San Martín on July 28, 1821.

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