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1550
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10.5.1550
Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile. |
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1553
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12.25.1553
Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeats the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia. |
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1574
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11.22.1574
Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
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1810
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9.18.1810
First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
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1811
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11.17.1811
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
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1813
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8.10.1813
Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is ''Labor Omnia Vincit'', which means "Work conquers all things". |
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1814
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1817
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1818
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4.5.1818
In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín
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1823
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7.24.1823
Slavery is abolished in Chile.
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1839
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1.20.1839
In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia. |
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1865
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12.5.1865
Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain. |
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1879
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3.23.1879
War of the Pacific is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile takes over Arica and Tarapacá, leaving Bolivia as a landlocked country.
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5.21.1879
War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
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1883
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10.20.1883
Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
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1914
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11.1.1914
World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
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1915
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3.14.1915
World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS ''Dresden'' is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.
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1927
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4.27.1927
Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created. |
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1938
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9.5.1938
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
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1955
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1960
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5.22.1960
An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. |
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1971
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7.11.1971
Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
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1972
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10.13.1972
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. By December 23, 1972, only 16 out of 45 people lived long enough to be rescued. |
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1973
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9.11.1973
A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years. |
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9.28.1973
The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile. |
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1986
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1988
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10.5.1988
The Chilean opposition coalition ''Concertación'' (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year. |
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1990
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3.11.1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970.
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1998
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10.16.1998
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges. |
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2004
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12.13.2004
Former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet is put under house arrest, after being sued under accusations over 9 kidnapping actions and manslaughter. The house arrest is lifted the same day on appeal. |
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2008
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5.6.2008
Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
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2010
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10.12.2010
The first miners from the 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.The following day all 33 miners and rescuers where out of the mine.
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