Chincha Islands War, or Spanish-Peruvian War of 1864-66
1864 CE
to 1866 CE
The Chincha Islands War (Spanish-Peruvian War or Spanish-Chilean War, the name changing depending on the nationality of the author) is a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru and Chile from 1864 to 1866, that begins with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands, part of a series of attempts by Isabel II of Spain to reassert her country's lost influence in its former South American empire.
