Historical place archive

Lima in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1535–1535

Historical events in Lima

1535

18 January 1535
Lima
Francisco Pizarro · Military

Pizarro founded the city of Lima in Perus central coast on 18 January 1535, a foundation that he considered as one of the most important things he had created in life

Provenance

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