Cuzco Rebellion of 1814

Cuzco Rebellion of 1814
	Part of the Peruvian War of Independence
	; Ubication of Cuzco
Date	3 August 1814 – 25 March 1815
Location	Intendancies of Cuzco, Huamanga, Arequipa, Puno, and La Paz, Spanish Empire
Result	Royalist victory
Belligerents
Government Junta of Cuzco	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru;
Commanders and leaders
Angulo brothers:; José ; Vicente ; Mariano ; Juan (POW); Other:; Mateo Pumacahua ; Manuel Hurtado †; José Gabriel Béjar ; Mariano Melgar ; Juan Manuel Pinelo; José María Corbacho; José Pérez ; Ildefonso de las Muñecas	José Fernando de Abascal; Juan Ramírez Orozco; Francisco Picoaga ; José Gabriel Moscoso ; Manuel Pardo; Gregorio de Hoyos †
Strength
12,000–36,000 men; 2,000 horses; 600–800 rifles; 40 cannons Huamanga Expedition:; 5,000 men; 5,000 horses; 800 armed troops; 18 cannons; 2 culverins La Paz Expedition:; 2,000 men with traditional arms; 500 men with rifles; 8 cannons	Ramírez's division:; 1,200 soldiers; 40 horses; 6 pieces of artillery

The Cuzco Rebellion of 1814 was an episode of the Peruvian War of Independence led by the Angulo brothers and Mateo Pumacahua that took place in much of the province of Cuzco, including Huamanga, Arequipa and Puno, as well as part of the province of Charcas. The uprising involved the proclamation of the autonomy and self-government of Cuzco from the Viceroyalty of Peru, governed by Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa. The junta was modelled and intended to follow the steps of the Junta of Buenos Aires.

The origin of the rebellion was the claim held by members of the city council of Cuzco to establish a provincial council, also autonomous from the viceregal government of Lima, according to what the Cortes of Cádiz of 1812 anticipated, but that the court of the Real Audiencia of Cuzco resolved to the contrary, ordering the arrest of the claimants. The Angulo brothers, members of the Cabildo of Cuzco, fled on August 3, 1814, and found support in chief Mateo Pumacahua to form a Cuzco Government Junta. Under the command of José Angulo, three expeditions were organized: the first took the city of La Paz; the second, directed to the north, assaulted the city of Huamanga; the third, under Pumacahua's command, occupied Arequipa.

The conflict began on August 3, 1814, with an uprising in Cuzco, with subsequent battles in the viceroyalty's southern areas, and finally ending with the liberation of the city on March 25, 1815, by the royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of Peru.