Journée de la Bataille d'Angamos en 🇵🇪 Pérou

Peru's Battle of Angamos Day on October 8th honors Miguel Grau, the 'Knight of the Seas,' who died heroically in the 1879 naval battle; the Peruvian Navy holds ceremonies at the tomb of the national hero.

Peruvian holiday commemorating the naval Battle of Angamos on October 8, 1879, during the War of the Pacific, where Chilean forces captured the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar.