Mundial was a Peruvian weekly magazine. It was one of the publications that marked the birth of modern journalism in Peru, both for its graphic design and its content when it appeared in Lima on April 28, 1920. It reached up to number 576, corresponding to 4 September 1931. Its director was Andrés Aramburú Salinas and it was printed on the site of the La Opinión Nacional, a publishing house on Calle Mantas 152.
Francisco de Paula González Vigil was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician.
José Juan de Dios Mateo Osbaldo Botaro Lepiani Toledo was a Peruvian painter. He is primarily known for historical and patriotic scenes; notably those related to the War of the Pacific.
Luis La Puerta de Mendoza was a 19th-century Peruvian politician. He was born in Cusco. He was briefly Prime Minister of Peru in January 1868. He served as the first vice president from 1876 to 1879 and was briefly president for five days in 1879 during the War of the Pacific.
Aurelio Sousa y Matute was a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He was born in the Cajamarca Region of Peru. He graduated from the National University of San Marcos. He served in the Chamber of Deputies of Peru and was its president from 1899 to 1900. He also served in the Senate of Peru. He served as minister of justice, interior and minister of economy and finance in the Government of Peru. He was twice Prime Minister of Peru. He died in Nice, France.
The Peruvian civil war of 1884–1885 was the sixth internal Peruvian conflict that erupted as a result of the ratification of the Treaty of Ancón, which ceded the Arica and Tacna provinces to Chile after the lost War of the Pacific.
Aurelio García y García was a Peruvian Navy officer, diplomat and politician. García was a friend and comrade-in-arms of Miguel Grau, Manuel Ferreyros and Lizardo Montero, all of whom were known as the "Four Aces of the Peruvian Navy". He was also elected Mayor of Lima in 1877. He was also a man of wide culture, who was fully fluent in the English language and who had scientific inclinations.
Carlos Ferreyros y Senra was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician. He was the commander of the gunboat Pilcomayo during the War of the Pacific, commanding it before its capture. He was also a Senator of the Department of Huánuco from July 28, 1907, to February 6, 1910, where he died in office.
Juan Bustamante Dueñas, allegedly also known as Túpac Amaru III, was a Peruvian indigenous leader who led a rebellion that lasted from 1867 to 1868.
The Peruvian resistance movement was composed of the Peruvian militias and guerrillas commanded by local, civilian or military leaders, who confronted the Chilean Army and Navy during the period of occupation that took place during the War of the Pacific.
José Manuel Gálvez Paz was a Peruvian politician. He reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry of San Miguel de Pallaques and was sub-prefect of the province of Cajamarca.
Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza was a Peruvian lawyer, politician, educator and diplomat. A staunch liberal, he was one of the leaders of the Liberal Revolution of 1854 headed by General Ramón Castilla. He is remembered for having been the drafter of the decree that abolished the tribute of the natives. He was Minister of Justice and Worship in 1855, and Minister of Finance and Commerce in 1862, in the second government of Ramón Castilla; President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Government (1868–1869) in the government of José Balta; constituent deputy (1855–1857) and senator (1868–1869). Likewise, he exercised various diplomatic representations in the United States, Latin America and Europe.
Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza was a Peruvian lawyer, magistrate, university professor and politician.
José Miguel Gálvez Moreno, was a Peruvian sailor and politician considered a war hero in Peru for his actions during the War of the Pacific. He was a son of José Gálvez Egúsquiza, who died in the Battle of Callao during the Chincha Islands War, also considered a war hero in Peru.
José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso was a Peruvian lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs four times Minister of Finance and Commerce three times and Minister of Justice once, Instruction and Charity (1859-1860), & Worship and Public Works (1860).
Antonio Ambrosio de la Haza Rodríguez was a Peruvian sailor. He was commanding general of the Navy (1878-1879).
Pedro Máximo Oliveira Sayán was a Peruvian lawyer, jurist, professor, diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1926–1929), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1930), rector of the University of San Marcos (1941–1946) and Minister of Public Instruction (1939–1943). He promoted the educational reform of 1941.
The College of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a secular public education school in Lima, Peru. Originally founded on Chacarilla Street in the Guadalupe neighbourhood on November 14, 1840, it moved in 1909 to its current location on Alfonso Ugarte Avenue, built during the government of Augusto B. Leguía.
Manuel Tovar y Chamorro was a Peruvian priest and the 25th Archbishop of Lima, from 1898 to 1907. He was also a professor, writer, journalist, and orator; deputy for Lima, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru), Worship and Instruction, and corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He stood out as a great polemicist in defense of the rights of the Church and the prerogatives of the Catholic worship.
The 1930 Peruvian coup d'état took place on August 22–27, 1930, headed by commander Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro in Arequipa, although with the support of Manuel María Ponce Brousset's force in Lima, against President Augusto B. Leguía.
