Historical Events
- 2014-12-13 Divisions emerge between rich and poor nations at the UN climate change talks in Peru
Event of Interest
2016-04-06 Protests in Lima, Peru by 30,000 against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on 24th anniversary of her father Alberto Fujimori's coup
- 2018-01-02 Bus crash in Pasamayo, Peru, kills 51 on notorious "Devil's Curve" road
- 2018-03-21 Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offers his resignation amid vote-buying scandal
- 2018-03-23 Peru's Congress swears in Vice-President Martín Vizcarra as the new President after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned amid corruption scandal
- 2018-04-28 World's largest child sacrifice, 140 remains uncovered by archaeologists near Trujillo, Peru, dating back 550 years to Chimú civilisation
- 2019-01-27 Landslide kills 15 at a wedding party in a hotel in Abancay, Peru
- 2019-07-07 Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Home team Brazil win their 9th title, beating Peru, 3-1; first title since 2007
- 2019-08-29 Discovery of world's largest child sacrifice site announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from Chimú culture in Huanchaco, Peru
- 2019-10-01 Political crisis in Peru as President Martín Vizcarra dissolves Congress over its refusal to support his anti-corruption reforms
- 2019-10-02 Two politicians in Peru claim to be the country's leader for a day until Mercedes Aráoz resigns so the constitutional court can rule on the matter
- 2020-05-30 Record number of COVID-19 cases reported worldwide 134,064, driven by hot spots in Brazil, Peru, Egypt, South Africa and Bangladesh
- 2020-08-22 13 people die in a stampede at an illegal disco in Lima, Peru, during a police raid to shut it down
- 2020-10-19 Peru announces rediscovered 37m figure of a cat, completed 500 BC to 200 AD, a geoglyph outline in the Nazca Desert
- 2020-11-09 Peru's Congress votes to impeach and oust President Martín Vizcarra on corruption charges
- 2020-11-16 Peru's Congress votes in its third interim President in a week, Francisco Sagasti after violent protests
- 2021-04-11 Peruvian general election: Free Peru party wins most seats but not a majority, Pedro Castillo wins presidency (not declared till 19 July)
- 2021-05-31 Peru says its COVID-19 death toll is three times higher than its official count (180,764 vs 68,000), making it one of the hardest hit countries per capita
- 2021-07-19 Peruvian union leader Pedro Castillo declared winner of the country's presidential election (11 April), defeating Keiko Fujimori by only 44,000 votes