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Name: Peru-Bolivian Confederation

Type: Polity

Start: 1836 AD

End: 1839 AD

Nation: peru–bolivian confederation

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The Peru-Bolivian Confederation was a short-lived state that existed in South America between 1836 and 1839. The country was a loose confederation between the states of Peru, divided into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru, and Bolivia, with the capital located in Tacna.

Establishment

  • October 1836: The Peru-Bolivian Confederation was a short-lived state that existed in South America between 1836 and 1839. The country was a loose confederation between the states of Peru, divided into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru, and Bolivia, with the capital located in Tacna.

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    1. Salaverry-Santa Cruz War

    Was a Civil War in Peru with the involvement of the Bolivian army.

    2. War between the Argentine and Peru-Bolivian confederations

    Was a war between the Argentine and Peru-Bolivian confederations over border disputes.

  • September 1837: The operations began in August 1837 when Bolivian confederate troops invaded most of the Province of Jujuy, the Puna de Jujuy and the north of the Province of Salta.
  • April 1839: After the end of the Bolivian Confederation, Bolivia gave the occupied territories back and argentina recognized the bolivian right over the tarija territory.

    • 3. War of the Confederation

    Was a military confrontation waged by Chile, along with Peruvian dissidents, and the Argentine Confederation against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation between 1836 and 1839.

    3.1.First Phase (War of the Confederation)

    Was the first phase of the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

  • September 1837: Chilean admiral Blanco Encalada gave the order to embark and put bow to the port of Islay, where they arrive on September 29.
  • October 1837: Chilean forces landed in the port of Quilca.
  • October 1837: The taking of Cobija lasted 11 days.
  • October 1837: The restorative army occupied Arequipa.
  • November 1837: After two negotiations where Chilean admiral Blanco Encalada asked for guarantees for his troops and for Chile,  the Treaty of Paucarpata was signed. The Chilean army agreed to leave the territories occupied in Peru and Bolivia.

    • 3.2.Second Phase (War of the Confederation)

    Was the second phase of the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

  • October 1838: The Chilean force occupied Lima at the end of October, 1838.
  • November 1838: The Chileans abandoned Lima on November 3.
  • May 1839: After the crushing defeat on the Confederate armies at Yungay on January 20, the Chileans commenced a second push southward, occupying Lima for the second time in April.

    • 3.3.Dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation

    Was the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation caused by the War of the Confederation.

  • August 1839: General Agustín Gamarra, after assuming the role of president of Peru, officially declared the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

    • Disestablishment

  • April 1839: After the end of the Bolivian Confederation, Bolivia gave the occupied territories back and argentina recognized the bolivian right over the tarija territory.
  • May 1839: After the crushing defeat on the Confederate armies at Yungay on January 20, the Chileans commenced a second push southward, occupying Lima for the second time in April.
  • August 1839: General Agustín Gamarra, after assuming the role of president of Peru, officially declared the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

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