“Year of the Bicentennial, of the consolidation of our Independence,
and the commemoration of the heroic battles of Junín and Ayacucho”
Name of the year 2024
What is the name of the year 2024?
The name of 2024 is: “Year of the Bicentennial, of the consolidation of our Independence, and of the commemoration of the heroic battles of Junín and Ayacucho.” For what is this? According to the resolution, it is stated that we are “close to the commemoration of the 200 years of the consolidation of the process of our independence and that of all of Latin America thanks to the victory in the battles of Junín and Ayacucho.”
The Supreme Decree, which has the signature of the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, also provides that the Ministry of Culture translates the name of the year 2024 into the corresponding indigenous or native languages, for use in the districts, provinces and departments where they predominate, as indicated in the Ethnolinguistic Map of Peru.
And what is the Battle of Junín? It was a crucial military confrontation that took place on August 6, 1824, during the Peruvian war of independence. It was fought between the independence forces commanded by General Simón Bolívar and the Spanish royalist forces led by General José de Canterac.
The battle of Junín was one of the last confrontations that the royalist and patriot armies held in the process of Peru's independence.
And what is the Battle of Ayacucho? It was a decisive military confrontation that took place on December 9, 1824 in the Ayacucho region, Peru, during the South American War of Independence. It was the last major battle of this war and resulted in the decisive victory of the South American independentists, led mainly by the Venezuelan general Simón Bolívar, over the Spanish royalist forces.
The Battle of Ayacucho is one of the most remembered moments of the Independence of Peru
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ACTIVITIES
President Dina Boluarte during a ceremony at the National Theater of San Borja announced the launch of the program of activities for the Bicentennial of the consolidation of Independence, which will be commemorated in 2024. She assured that it seeks to strengthen national identity and the exercise of citizenship democratic.
He maintained that his administration is committed to holding commemorative events throughout the country, with emphasis on Junín and Ayacucho, and invited all Peruvians to join these activities, where national ties will be strengthened and national identity will be highlighted.
Eduardo Juan de Habich was born in Warsaw on January 30, 1835, as recorded in his baptismal certificate, fruit of the marriage between Louis Habich and Mathilde Manersbeiger. Raised in a family that belonged to the Polish nobility, In 1854 the young Habich entered the St. Petersburg Artillery School, in Russia. It did not have many options, since Poland, dismembered and distributed so many times among the other European nations, was at that time under the dominion of the Russian Empire. Therefore, as an officer, he served in the Russian army during the bloody Crimean War (1854-1856). After the conflict he was stationed in the kyiv Arsenal. In 1859 he went to France, where he studied hard in the famous Paris School of Bridges and Roads between 1860 and 1863. Barely Having completed his studies and without having received his diploma yet, he returned to Poland. Their homeland might not exist on the political map, but it continued to pulsate in the hearts of its people. For this reason, together with his brother Gustavo, he participated actively of the Polish insurrection against tsarist oppression. Crushed the uprising, the young Eduardo de Habich was forced to flee the territory Polish, since the Russian police were looking for him for his participation in the insurrection. Returning to Paris, in October 1864 he was elected member of the Council of Administration of the Polish Higher School, an institution that welcomed the Polish refugees and exiles. Here he taught the mechanics course and, between 1865 and 1868, He held the position of director.
He arrived in Peru in December 1869. Since January 1870 he carried out several studies and missions commissioned by the Peruvian State, such as the construction work of the La Oroya Railway and participation in the commission in charge of drafting a new Regulation of the Corps of Engineers. In 1872, the Peruvian State renewed his contract, and the President of the Republic, Manuel Pardo, commissioned him to travel to Europe to obtain teachers, programs, books and teaching materials for the future School of Mines.
He himself became the founder and first director of the Special School of Civil Construction and Mining Engineers, inaugurated in 1876 and currently known as the National University of Engineering (UNI).
Eduardo Juan
de Habich
(Polish engineer and mathematician.)