Balconcillo mutiny

Balconcillo mutiny
Date	27 February 1823
Location	Balconcillo hacienda, Department of Lima
Result	Military victory Riva Agüero is named as President of Peru on February 28; Beginning of the First Militarism, which results in Simón Bolívar governing Peru in 1824;
Belligerents
Government of Peru	Army of the Centre
Commanders and leaders
José de La Mar; José Bernardo de Tagle	José de la Riva Agüero; Andrés de Santa Cruz

The Balconcillo mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Balconcillo) was the first coup d'état in the history of Peru, which took place on 27 February 1823, at the Balconcillo hacienda of Lima, in response to the failed military campaign against the Royalist forces supporting the Spanish monarchy in the south.

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