Lima History Timeline - Important Dates & People
Events in Lima History
- 1551-05-12 San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, opens (oldest continuously operating university in the Americas)
- 1624-05-08 Dutch Nassau fleet reaches port of Callao in Peru intending to ransack the annual Spanish silver ship convoy, misses them by five days [1]
- 1624-05-13 Dutch Admiral Hermites' Nassau fleet blockades Lima, Peru
- 1624-08-14 Dutch Nassau fleet abandons its blockade of the Spanish-held port of Callao, near Lima in Peru after three months [1]
- 1746-10-28 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
- 1929-06-03 Chile and Peru sign the Treaty of Lima, finally resolving their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Chile keeps Arica and Peru regains Tacna.
- 1964-05-24 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
- 1966-05-25 Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
- 1974-01-05 An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses
- 1987-12-08 Peruvian Navy Fokker F27-400M chartered by Alianza Lima FC crashes into Pacific Ocean 7 miles from Jorge Chávez International Airport near Callao; 43 killed, only pilot survives
- 1992-07-18 The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima, Peru
- 1997-01-13 Radical guerrillas hold 72 hostages and shoot at police outside the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru
- 1997-04-22 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
- 2001-12-29 Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed.
- 2002-07-20 Bartenders doing tricks with fire start a major fire in a night club in Lima, Peru that kills 25 and injures 100
- 2004-07-25 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional, Lima: Brazil beats Argentina, 4-2 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time
Event of Interest
2016-04-06 Protests in Lima, Peru by 30,000 against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on 24th anniversary of her father Alberto Fujimori's coup
Famous People from Lima
- 1579-12-09 Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice), born in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru (d. 1639)
- 1586-04-20 Saint Rose of Lima [Isabel Flores de Olivia], Peruvian saint, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1617)
- 1663-11-26 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1743)
- 1788-08-20 José Bernardo Alcedo, Peruvian composer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1878)
- 1918-04-03 Enrique Iturriaga, Peruvian composer (Sinfonía Junín y Ayacucho), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2019)
- 1921-08-28 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2007)
- 1926-03-09 Celso Garrido Lecca, Peruvian composer (Antaras; Elegía a Macchu Pichu), born in Lima, Peru
- 1929-02-06 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (Olympic gold 1956/60/64), born in Lima, Sweden (d. 2012)
- 1931-06-04 César Bolaños, Peruvian electro-acoustic and experimental musician and composer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 2012)
- 1938-10-03 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian economist and 66th President of Peru (2016-present), born in Lima, Peru
- 1941-01-08 Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator, born in Lima, Peru
- 1949-05-23 Alan García, President of Peru (Peruvian Aprista Party: 1985-90, 2006-11), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2019)
- 1954-10-30 Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer, born in Lima, Peru
- 1959-10-07 Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician, born in Lima, Peru
- 1959-10-08 Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American astronaut (STS 84, sk 97), born in Lima, Peru
- 1963-03-30 Jenny Lidback, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1995), born in Lima, Peru
- 1967-10-23 Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis star, born in Lima, Peru
- 1971-10-27 Jorge Soto, Peruvian soccer midfielder (101 caps; Sporting Cristal), born in Lima, Peru
- 1972-12-28 Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer, born in Lima, Peru
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Update: 2024-09-03