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Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state...

Timeline of Events

1814

10.2.1814

Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.

1818

2.12.1818

Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.

4.5.1818

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín