page_title: List of conflicts in South America
section_title: Peru
hierarchical_section_title: List of conflicts in South America / Peru
context_page_description: This is a list of armed conflicts in South America.
context_section_description: c. 900 BCE — c. 200 BCE Chavín culture
  c. 500 — c. 1100 CE Wari Empire
  c. 1230 Sinchi Roca, the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, waged war against a nearby kingdom after the killing of the Inca diplomat Teuotihi
  c. 1290 Mayta Cápac, the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, put the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua under the control of the Inca empire
  c. 1320 Cápac Yupanqui, the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, was the first Inca to conquer territory outside the valley of Cuzco
  c. 1350 — c. 1380 Inca Roca, the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, is said to have conquered the Chancas
  c. 1380 Yáhuar Huácac, the seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, abandoned the capital in an attack by the Chancas
  c. 1410 — c. 1438 Viracocha Inca, the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defended the capital against the attack by the Chancas
  c. 1438 — c. 1472 Pachacuti, the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defeated the Chancas and the Chimú
  c. 1472 — c. 1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes through modern Ecuador, and developed a special fondness for the city of Quito, which he rebuilt with architects from Cuzco. During this time his father Pachacuti reorganized the Kingdom of Cuzco into the Tahuantinsuyu, the "four provinces". He led extensive military conquests to extend the Inca Empire across much of South America, within the boundaries of the nations which are today called Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. He became Inca in his turn upon his father's death in 1471, ruling until his own death in 1493. He conquered Chimor, which occupied the northern coast of what is now Peru, the largest remaining rival to the Incas.
  c. 1493 — c. 1527 Huayna Capac, the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the Inca Empire significantly to the south into present-day Chile and Argentina and tried to annex territories towards the north, in what is now Ecuador and southern Colombia, founding cities like Atuntaqui. Further north, Huayna Capac's forces reached the Chinchipe River Basin but were pushed back by the Shuar in 1527. The Inca Empire reached the height of its size and power under his rule, stretching over much of present-day Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and southwestern Colombia.
  c. 1529 — c. 1532 Inca Civil War
  1529 Battle of Chillopampa
  1531 Battle of Mullihambato
  1531 Battle of Chimborazo War between Atahualpa and Huascar.
  1532 Battle of Huanucopampa
  1532 Battle of Quipaipan
  1525 — 1572 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
  1525 Battle of Punta Quemada
  1531 Battle of Puná
  1532 Battle of Cajamarca
  1533 Battle of Vilcaconga
  1533 Battle of Cuzco
  1534 Battle of Maraycalla
  1534 Battle of Mount Chimborazo
  1536 Siege of Cuzco
  1537 Battle of Ollantaytambo
  1537 Battle of Abancay
  1538 Battle of Las Salinas
  1542 Battle of Chupas
  1546 Battle of Añaquito
  1547 Battle of Huarina
  1548 Battle of Jaquijahuana
  1572 Final war with Spain
  1812 — 1821 Peruvian War of Independence
  1836 — 1839 War of the Confederation between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and Chile
  1879 — 1884 Bolivia and Peru fight Chile in the War of the Pacific
  1932 — 1933 Leticia Incident with Colombia.
  1941 — 1942 The Ecuadorian–Peruvian War occurs.
  1981 Ecuador and Peru clash again in the Paquisha Incident.
  1980 — present The Peruvian Armed Conflict fought between the Shining Path insurgents and the Peruvian government.
  1995 Ecuador and Peru dispute territory in the Cenepa War.
caption: A map of the Inca Empire at its greatest extent
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