Pedro Ruiz Gallo was a Peruvian polymath, serving as a soldier and inventor, also working as a watchmaker, mechanic, musician, painter, researcher, doctor, and explorer, nationally considered one of t
The Peruvian Civil War of 1865 was the fourth internal conflict in 19th century Peru.
Pedro Ruiz Gallo
…his stay in Chachapoyas he built a public clock that he donated to the main church of that city. In 1865 he was promoted to major graduate and when the revolution of General Mariano Ignacio Prado began that same year, and which would later lead to the war against Spain, he joined the restorative army that marched…
Image of the dictator Mariano Ignacio Prado printed on a card, circa 1866.