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The Atacama Desert border dispute between Bolivia and Chile (1825–1879) 1793 Map of Andrés Baleato showing Peru and Chile's border inside the Spanish Empire. When most of South America gained independence from Spain and Portugal in the 19th century the demarcation of frontiers was uncertain, particularly in remote, thinly populated portions ...
On April 5, 1879, a state of war was officially declared between Peru and Chile, starting military confrontations between both states. Due to Bolivia's loss of its Litoral Department by the occupying Chilean forces and consequent loss of access to the Pacific Ocean, [1] on March 26, 1879, Hilarión Daza formally offered letters of marque to any ships willing to fight for Bolivia. [2]
The Ten Cents War: Chile, Peru, and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884, ISBN 0-275-96925-8 ^ Sondhaus, Lawrence (May 4, 2004). Navies in Modern World History , ISBN 1-86189-202-0
The Blockade of Iquique was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific. [1] Once war was declared by Chile upon Peru on Saturday, April 5, 1879, the first Chilean naval action for the War of the Pacific was set in motion. The plan was to block the Peruvian port of Iquique the same day
1879 1880 Little War (Cuba) Kingdom of Spain Cuba: 1879 1879 Jementah Civil War: Johor Sultanate: Muar 1879 1879 Anglo-Zulu War British Empire Colony of Natal: Zulu Kingdom: 1879 1879 Second Sekhukhune War British Empire: BaPedi Kingdom 1879 1883 War of the Pacific: Chile Peru Bolivia: 1879 1879 Sheepeater Indian War United States: Turakina ...
Hence, when Chile gained military control of the sea along the coast with the victory at Angamos (Battle of Angamos) on October 8, 1879, a landing operation became imminent as a beginning of the terrestrial campaign to secure the Tarapacá. At the time the Allies (Bolivia and Peru) had north of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, three strongholds ...
War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Bolivia Peru Chile: Peruvian defeat. Chilean forces capture Lima; Chilean forces occupy Tacna, Arica and Tarapaca; Tacna reincorporated to Peru in 1929; Bolivia loses its access to the sea; Peruvian Civil War of 1884–1885 (1884–1885) Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Government Miguel Iglesias's Rebels Cacerista ...
The Expulsion of Chileans from Bolivia and Peru in 1879 was an ethnic cleansing ordered by of the governments of Bolivia (on 1 March 1879) and Peru (on 15 April 1879). The expulsion took place at the beginning of the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) between Chile and Peruvian-Bolivian alliance.