2014 Event Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 2014 Event Negotiations have stalled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru due to disagreement over how to distribute responsibilities for battling climate change across developed and developing nations 2013 Event El Paraiso, Peru: property developers destroy a 4,000-year old pyramid 2011 Event In Peru, protests over a mining project persist in four provinces, causing the country to declare a state of emergency 2011 Event Over half of the country of Peru enters a state of emergency as a result of unusually cold weather 2011 Event Peruvians reclaimed 45,000 Inca artefacts taken by Yale University from Machu Picchu over a hundred years ago, finally successful in their campaign to return of 'the dignity and pride of Peru' 2010 Event Joran van der Sloot is extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges of killing a Peruvian woman; he is suspected of killing Natalie Holloway in Aruba 2010 Event A tsunami warning went into effect for Chile and Peru after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Conception, Chile 2009 Event Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, receives 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces 2007 Event 8.0 Earthquake in Peru kills over 500 people, injures over 1,500 1995 Event Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight 1994 Event Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed 1994 Event Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru 1992 Event Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress 1990 Event Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru 1990 Event 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru 1990 Event Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 1990 Event An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 1985 Event Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru 1985 Event Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru 1982 Event Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru 1981 Event Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1981 Event U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl 1980 Event Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaunde Terry becomes president 1980 Event Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru 1978 Event Victor de la Torre wins Peru election 1978 Event General strike in Peru 1976 Birthday Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe 1997 1974 Event Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1971 Event 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1970 Event At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die) 1969 Event Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests 1969 Event Andes Pact signed in Peru 1968 Event Government seizes oil fields in Peru 1968 Event Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru 1968 Event Peru coup under General Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees 1967 Birthday Jaime Yzaga, born in Lima, Peru, professional tennis player, ranked 18th in the World for singles and 54th in the World in doubles 1966 Event Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1964 Birthday Joe Hamorski, born in Peru, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th 1964 Event Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 1963 Event Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru 1963 Birthday Jenny Lidback, born in Lima, Peru, LPGA golfer, 1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic 1962 Event Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 1962 Event 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1962 Event Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 1960 Birthday Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th 1959 Birthday Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS-84, sk 97 1958 Event Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru 1949 Birthday Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru, 1985-90 1947 Event Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia 1945 Event Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN 1942 Birthday Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist 1942 Birthday Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts' 1942 Event Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation) 1941 Event Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die 1938 Birthday Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru, 1990- 1938 Death Cesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46 1936 Birthday Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru, writer, Aunt Julia, and President candidate 1934 Event Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia 1933 Death Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza 1929 Event Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area 1927 Birthday Yma Sumac, Chavarri, Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano, Omar Khayyam 1920 Birthday Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th Secretary-General of United Nations, 1982-91 1909 Birthday Ciro Alegria, Peru, novelist, Golden Serpent 1909 Birthday Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru 1883 Event Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile 1868 Event Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1863 Birthday Augusto Bernardino Leguia y Salcedo, president of Peru, 1908, 1919 1848 Event Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro 1836 Event Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru 1833 Birthday Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet, Tradiciones Peruanas 1825 Event Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) 1824 Event Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain 1824 Event Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1823 Event Simon Bolivar named president of Peru 1821 Event Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1778 Birthday Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru 1651 Event Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru 1639 Death Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 1624 Event Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru 1624 Event Earthquake strikes Peru 1624 Event Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru 1624 Event Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru 1623 Event 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru 1620 Death Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 1600 Death Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59 1569 Birthday Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice 1551 Event San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens 1542 Death Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded 1541 Death Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima 1538 Death Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 1535 Event Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru 1535 Event City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro 1533 Event Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa 1533 Death Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors 1529 Event Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
