State

Viceroyalty of Peru

viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire

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1542–1824
Founded
1542
Ended
1824
Capital
Lima, Cusco
Languages
Spanish
Preceded by
New Castile GovernorateNew Toledo Governorate
Succeeded by
Protectorate of San Martín

Overview

The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú [birei̯ˈnato ðel peˈɾu]), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (Spanish: Reino del Perú), was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district. Created in 1542, it encompassed modern Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, including regions of Panama and islands in Oceania, governed from the capital of Lima. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Peru was one of the only two Spanish viceroyalties active in the Americas, the other being the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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All rulers (23)

  1. Blasco Núñez Vela1544–1546
  2. Juan de Saavedra1564
  3. Martín Enríquez de Almanza1581–1583
  4. Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas1596–1604
  5. Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey1604–1606
  6. Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar1622–1629
  7. Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera1639–1648
  8. Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste1650–1653
  9. Diego de Benavides1661–1666
  10. Melchor Liñán y Cisneros1678–1681
  11. Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata1681–1689
  12. Manuel de Oms, 1st Marquis of Castelldosrius1707–1710
  13. Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón1720–1724
  14. José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda1745–1761
  15. Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent1761–1776
  16. Agustín de Jáuregui1780–1784
  17. Francisco Gil de Taboada1790–1796
  18. Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno1796–1801
  19. Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés1801–1806
  20. José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa1806–1816
  21. Joaquín de la Pezuela, 1st Marquis of Viluma1816–1821
  22. Juan Antonio Monet1821
  23. José de La Serna1821–1824

Records (33)

  1. 1542 — Battle of ChupasBattle · Cristoval Castro ▸ Diego del Almagro
  2. 1546 — Battle of PoconaBattle
  3. 1547 — Battle of HuarinaBattle · Spanish Royalists ▸ Pizzarists
  4. 1548 — Battle of XaquixaguanaBattle · Royalists ▸ Pizzaro
  5. 1554 — Battle of ChuquingaBattle · Francisco Hernandez Giron ▸ de Alvarado's Royalists
  6. 1572 — Battle of Huayna PucaraBattle · Spain ▸ Inca Rebels
  7. 1594 — Action of San Mateo BayNaval battle
  8. 1594 — Battle of AtacamesNaval battle
  9. 1641 — Battle of MbororeBattle · Guarani ▸ Portugal, Tupi
  10. 1681 — Attack on AricaBattle
  11. 1721–1735 — Revolt of the ComunerosRebellion
  12. 1735 — Battle of Colonia do SacrimentoBattle · Spain ▸ Portugal
  13. 1742–1752 — Juan Santos RebellionRebellion
  14. 1756 — Battle of CaibateBattle · Portugal ▸ Guarani Rebels
  15. 1762 — Battle of Colonia do SacrimentoBattle · Spain ▸ Portugal
  16. 1780–1783 — Rebellion of Túpac Amaru IIRebellion
  17. 1780 — Battle of PillpintoBattle
  18. 1780 — Capture of AyaviriBattle
  19. 1780 — Battle of CuzcoBattle · Spain ▸ Inca
  20. 1780 — Battle of SangararaBattle · Inca ▸ Spain, Spanish settlers
  21. 1781 — Sieege of Cusco (1781)Siege
  22. 1781 — Battle of SayllaBattle
  23. 1782 — Battle of MohoBattle
  24. 1800 — 18th-century protests and rebellions in the Viceroyalty of PeruRebellion
  25. 1811 — 1811 Tacna rebellionRebellion
  26. 1814 — Cuzco RebellionRebellion
  27. 1814 — Battle of ApachetaBattle · Peruvian Rebels ▸ Spain
  28. 1814 — Battle of HuantaBattle · Spain ▸ Peruvian Indians
  29. 1815 — Battle of MataraBattle · Spain ▸ Peruvian Indians
  30. 1815 — Battle of UmachiriBattle · Spain ▸ Peruvian Indian Rebels
  31. 1819 — Battle of CallaoBattle · Spain ▸ Chilean Rebels
  32. 1819 — Battle of PiscoBattle · Chilean Rebels ▸ Spain
  33. 1820 — Battle of CallaoBattle · Chilean Rebels ▸ Spain

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