Ramón Castilla assumes the Peruvian presidency on…

Ramón Castilla assumes the Peruvian presidency on February 17, 1844 until December 11 of this year, President Domingo Nieto having died a few months after assuming office

After defeating the other caudillos around the country, Castilla reinstates Manuel Menéndez as President of Peru, in order to achieve a constitutional transition to democracy.