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After heated anti-Spanish demonstrations in Lima, Peruvian President Canseco is overthrown |
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Earthquake and aftershocks strike Peru in the vicinity of the capital Lima |
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In Santiago, Chile ratifies its alliance with Peru against Spain, assuring full-scale war over the Chincha Islands |
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Peru and Chile negotiate an alliance against Spain, assuring full-scale war over the Chincha Islands dispute |
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Peru prohibits the importation of workers from the Pacific islands |
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Peruvian naval frigate capsizes in harbor at San Lorenzo, Peru with great loss of life |
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Spanish naval forces seize Peru's guano-rich Chincha Islands to enforce compensation demands |
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The two year sporadic revolt in Peru finally ends and peace returns to Peruvian politics |
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