Huaraz Rebellion

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Huaraz Rebellion

Conmemorative plaque

Date	1 March 1885 – 28 September 1887
Location	Callejón de Huaylas, Peru
Result	Government victory

Belligerents

Peru

Quechua Rebels

Commanders and leaders

Francisco Noriega

Javier Collazos

José Iraola

Pedro Pablo Atusparía

Pedro Kochatzin

Strength

700 men
3 machine guns
1 cannon^[1]

10,000–20,000 peasants^[2]

v t e Civil wars in Peru
1834 1835–1836 1836–1839 1843–1844 1856–1858 1865 1867 1884–1885 1894–1895 1980– Other conflicts: Huanta (1825–1828, 1839, 1896–1897) Arequipa (1854–1855 and 1955 [ es ]) Lima (1872) Huaraz (1885) Loreto (1896, 1921–1922, 1932) La Libertad (1932) Puno (1815, 1867–1868) Huacanvelica and Junín (1965)

The Huaraz Rebellion was an insurrection started in 1885 by indigenous peasants against the Peruvian Republic. The cause for the conflict was the reestablishment of the indigenous tribute by the government of President Miguel Iglesias.

References

↑ "Así fue la revolución campesina de 1885". 2012-03-04. p. Huaraz Noticias.
↑ Dixon, 2015: 173

Bibliography

Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2015). A Guide to Intra-state Wars: An Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816-2014. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5063-1798-4.

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