?? 1879Amazon rubberboom begins
8 Oct 1879Chile decisivelydefeats Peru at sea
15 Oct 1879Bolivia-Paraguay borderagreement proposed
2 Nov 1879Chile lands forcesin Tarapacá
26 Feb–7 Jun 1880Chile seizes Tacnaand Arica from Peru
4–30 Jun 1880Buenos Aires in revoltagainst Argentina