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Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area...

Timeline of Events

1541

6.26.1541

Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

1551

5.12.1551

National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.

1992

7.18.1992

The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.

2001

12.29.2001

A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.