Historical place archive

Tacna in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tacna in Bolivia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records6 event labels3 people1837–1880

Historical events in Tacna

1837

1 May 1837
Constitution of Bolivia
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Government of Bolivia

Delegates at Tacna approve the confederation's Basic Law under Santa Cruz's direction.

1 May 1837
Constitution of Bolivia
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Government of Bolivia

Santa Cruz receives constitutional authority as Supreme Protector of the confederation.

1 May 1837
Peru-Bolivian Confederation
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Government of Bolivia

The Tacna congress establishes the institutional structure of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

1 May 1837
Rule of Peru
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Government of Bolivia

Santa Cruz gains extensive executive authority over the confederated Peruvian states.

1 May 1837
Supreme Protector
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Government of Bolivia

The Tacna pact grants Santa Cruz a ten-year term as Supreme Protector.

1879

28 December 1879
Removal from Office
Hilarion Daza · Government of Bolivia

Military leaders remove Daza during the War of the Pacific.

1880

26 May 1880
Battle of Tacna
Narciso Campero · War of the Pacific

Bolivian and Peruvian forces are defeated by Chile at the Battle of Tacna

Provenance

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