Timeline Monday 23 January 1826

Events on Monday 23 January 1826 1

• 1826 Surrender of Callao ends Spanish rule in South America Royalist garrison surrenders the Real Felipe fortress in Peru Spanish royalist forces holding the Real Felipe fortress at Callao surrendered to patriot troops under Andres de Santa Cruz, extinguishing the last organized Spanish military presence on the South American mainland. The surrender effectively ended the Peruvian War of Independence and, with it, three centuries of Spanish colonial rule in mainland South America.