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War of the Pacific

1879 CE – 1884 CE · 5 years

Chile fought Peru and Bolivia for control of the nitrate-rich Atacama Desert, capturing Lima and annexing Bolivia's entire coastline — making Bolivia a landlocked nation to this day.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Chile
  • Peru & Bolivia

Key moments

Defining events in the War of the Pacific.

  1. 1879 Battle of Iquique
  2. 1880 Battle of Tacna
  3. 1880 Battle of Arica
  4. 1881 Occupation of Lima

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

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Greenland

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Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Tonga

Founded 1880 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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Apache Wars

1849 CE – 1886 CE

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Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Samoa

Founded 1880 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1879 CE and 1884 CE.

1879 CE Anglo-Zulu War 1879 CE Christ Church, Zanzibar 1879 CE Battle of Isandlwana 1879 CE Battle of Rorke's Drift 1880 CE First Boer War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Sagrada Família Landmark · Europe 1882 CE – still standing Arabia Polity · Middle East 1880 CE – 1900 CE Tea Clipper Route Trade route · Europe 1850 CE – 1880 CE Charles Darwin Figure · England 1809 CE – 1882 CE Second Anglo-Afghan War Conflict · South Asia 1878 CE – 1880 CE Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Landmark · Europe 1883 CE – still standing
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