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Events on Thursday 14 April 1864 1
1864Chincha Islands War beginsSpain seizes guano-rich islands from PeruSpanish forces occupied Peru's guano-rich Chincha Islands in a dispute rooted in unresolved colonial-era debts, triggering a war that would eventually draw in Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador. The islands were a major source of valuable fertilizer export revenue.