Peruvian Civil War of 1894–1895
Civil war in Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Peruvian Civil War of 1894–1895?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Peruvian Civil War of 1894–1895 was an internal conflict in Peru that lasted from October 1894 to March 1895, and was sparked by the election of Andrés Avelino Cáceres to the presidency of Peru, which was opposed by Nicolás de Piérola and his armed forces.
Peruvian Civil War of 1894–1895 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the National Reconstruction | |||||||
Painting of De Piérola arriving in Lima by Juan Lepiani | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
Government of Peru | National Coalition | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Andrés A. Cáceres | Nicolás de Piérola | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Peruvian Army: 4,000 (in Lima)[2] |
National Army: 5,000 (in Lima)[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4,000 deaths in total[3] |
The immediate cause of the conflict was the questioned election of Cáceres in 1894, carried out outside the constitutional framework, but the fundamental cause was the need to end the hegemony of the Constitutional (or Cacerist) Party, in power since 1886, and with the rise of militarism in the political scenario, the so-called Second Militarism.
The revolutionaries or insurgents were known as pierolists, after their leader, or as coalitionists, since the parties opposing Cáceres that promoted the uprising had united in a self-named National Coalition. Their ranks were made up of Montoneros or guerrillas, who emerged in various provinces of the country, as well as volunteers; while the government had the support of the regular army concentrated in Lima. The conflict culminated with the entry of the Montoneros into Lima and the abdication of Cáceres, after bloody clashes in the streets of the city. This war marked the end of an era in the Republican history of Peru and the beginning of another, known as the Aristocratic Republic.