Portal:Peru/Selected anniversaries/January


 * January 1, 1982 - Diplomat Javier Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra becomes the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations.


 * January 15, 1881 - Chilean General Manuel Baquedano defeats the army of Nicolás de Piérola in the Battle of Miraflores.


 * January 16, 1991 - In the district Ate, Lima construction began of Estadio Monumental "U" with 80,093 seats the largest stadium in Peru.


 * January 18, 1532 - Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city of Lima, the capital of Peru, with the name Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings).


 * January 26, 1995 - Start of the Cenepa War, the third war in the territorial dispute between Peru and Ecuador in the 20th century.