What happened on a day like today? December 16th brings together relevant events in Peruvian history in various areas. He died in 1839 Jose Gregorio Paredesrepublican intellectual, scientist and official creator of the national shield.
Construction began in 1851 Tacna-Arica Railwayone of the country’s first railway factories, a key factor for integration and trade. In 1959 the National University of Central Perupromoted by Andean communities to strengthen decentralized higher education.
They were carried out for the first time in 1963 Local elections direct. In 1993 happened Terrorist attack on the Banco de la Nación in El Agustino with nine deaths.
Jose Gregorio Paredesborn in Lima in 1778, was a doctor, mathematician, cosmographer and one of the most influential intellectuals of early republican Peru. He taught in San Marcos and promoted academic reforms.
After independence he took part in public life, he was a member of the Patriotic society and held legislative and diplomatic positions. As President of the Constituent Congress, he proposed the amendment of the National shieldapproved in 1825, making him its official creator.
He represented the country on missions in Europe and held the office of the Ministry of Finance. His last years were devoted to scientific studies. He died on December 16, 1839 in Lima.
On December 16, 1851, under the government of José Rufino EcheniqueCongress authorized the construction of the Tacna-Arica Railwaya 62 kilometer long line that will connect both cities and strengthen regional trade.
The concession was awarded to Joseph Heganwho had to carry out one of the first relevant railway works in the country. Although approval was given in 1851, the line was completed in the middle of the decade and inaugurated between 1856 and 1857.
The railway became a strategic infrastructure that was and is useful for transporting people, goods and troops today a symbol of cultural heritage.
The National University of Central Peru was founded on December 16, 1959 in Huancayo by Supreme Decree No. 046 with fourteen powers, thanks to the initiative of 36 farming communities in the Andean region that promoted its creation.
He began his academic activity on April 3, 1960with Javier Pulgar Vidal as the first rector. Throughout its history, it has promoted higher education in the central mountains, thereby promoting academic decentralization and professional training.
Through subsidiaries of their network, additional national universities emerged in various cities. The institution was consolidated as uone of the most important public study centers in the countrywith bachelor’s and master’s programs that cover various areas of knowledge.
In 1963, Peru celebrated Terry under the government of Fernando Belaunde Direct and general local elections are taking place for the first timein which citizens elected their local governments through elections.
Until then, the council representatives were allocated by the central governmentwhich limited the population’s participation in local government.
On that December 16th More than two million Peruvians went to the polls to decide who would fill the positions of mayor and city councilors in the various provinces.
Victory was part of it in Lima Luis Bedoya ReyesCandidate supported by the Popular Action and Christian Democracy alliances, representing a milestone in the consolidation of local democracy.
An attack carried out by a cell of the Shining Path on the Banco de la Nación agency in El Agustino, Lima, on December 16, 1993became one of the bloodiest attacks of the 1990s.
twelve members A member of the group broke into the branch where daily business was conducted with firearms, leading to a confrontation with security personnel and police.
The final score was: nine deadincluding three police officers, two security guards, several customers and a five-year-old child who was in the bank. The incident occurred in the context of the internal conflict that the country was experiencing and marked a tragic episode in the history of urban violence.
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