Early Life And Education

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Early life and education

Plaza Bolognesi Lima  Peru c. 1929
Francisco Bolognesi was born in Lima on November 4, 1816. He attended the SeminaryofArequipa until he was 16 and then entered into a career in commerce.
His father, Andrés Bolognesi was of Italian-Peruvian background and was a violin player for the court of the Viceroy. FranciscoBolognesi had a son called Mariano who gave birth to Federico Bolognesi (2nd Vicepresident of Peru). Federico Bolognesi had a daughter called Ana Maria Bolognesi who had two daughters called Ana Mamieand Selina Raguz Bolognesi.
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[edit]Military career
He was involved with the military in July, 1844, in an action at Carmen Alto, a local districtof Arequipa. While offered a position in the military, he elected to remain in civilian life. However, in 1853, he enlisted and was selected as second in command of a cavalry regiment during a period oftension between Peru and Bolivia. While no armed conflict with Bolivia ensued, Bolognesi elected to remain in the military and took part in the revolution against then-PresidentEchenique. After thesuccessful revolution, Bolognesi was a Lieutenant Colonel on the General Staff.
In 1856, Bolognesi commanded the artillery involved in suppressing the revolt of General Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco,centered in the city of Arequipa, and was promoted to Colonel.
After several missions to Europe to help acquire weapons for Peru (especially artillery), Bolognesi returned to Peru in May 1866. He fellafoul of President Don Mariano Ignacio Prado and was imprisoned briefly in 1867. After the fall of Prado, Bolognesi returned to military service, commanding various artillery units of the Peruvian army,retiring in 1871 as Commander-in-Chief of the Artillery.
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[edit]War of the Pacific

War of the Pacific - 1880, Just Before The Battle of Arica"I...