Chile

Eventos (41)

• 1541

  2/12 — Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.

• 1550

  3/12 — Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile

• 1550

  10/5 — Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.

• 1553

  12/25 — Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

• 1554

  2/23 — Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile.

• 1557

  4/30 — El líder mapuche Lautaro es asesinado por fuerzas españolas en la Batalla de Mataquito en Chile.

• 1574

  11/22 — El navegante español Juan Fernández descubre islas ahora conocidas como Islas Juan Fernández frente a Chile.

• 1810

  9/18 — 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.

• 1811

  11/17 — José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.

• 1813

  8/10 — El Instituto Nacional, fundado por el patriota chileno José Miguel Carrera, es la escuela más antigua y prestigiosa de Chile. Su lema es "Labor Omnia Vincit", que significa "El trabajo vence todo".

• 1814

  10/2 — Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.

• 1817

  1/19 — Un ejército de 5.423 soldados, liderado por el General José de San Martín, cruza los Andes desde Argentina para liberar Chile y luego Perú.

• 1817

  2/8 — Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.

• 1818

  3/16 — En la Segunda Batalla de Cancha Rayada, las fuerzas españolas derrotaron a los chilenos bajo el mando de José de San Martín.

• 1818

  4/5 — In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

• 1823

  7/24 — La esclavitud es abolida en Chile.

• 1839

  1/20 — En la Batalla de Yungay, Chile derrota una alianza entre Perú y Bolivia.

• 1843

  9/21 — John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.

• 1865

  12/5 — Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

• 1879

  2/14 — La Guerra del Pacífico estalla cuando las fuerzas armadas chilenas ocupan la ciudad portuaria boliviana de Antofagasta.

• 1879

  3/23 — Guerra del Pacífico: La Batalla de Topáter, la primera batalla de la guerra, se libra entre Chile y las fuerzas conjuntas de Bolivia y Perú.

• 1879

  4/5 — Chile declara guerra a Bolivia y Perú, iniciando la Guerra del Pacífico.

• 1879

  5/21 — 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.

• 1883

  10/20 — Perú y Chile firman el Tratado de Ancón, por el cual la provincia de Tarapacá es cedida a este último, poniendo fin a la participación de Perú en la Guerra del Pacífico.

• 1907

  12/21 — The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

• 1914

  11/1 — 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.

• 1927

  4/27 — Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.

• 1938

  9/5 — Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

• 1955

  6/14 — Chile se convierte en firmante del tratado de derechos de autor de Buenos Aires.

• 1960

  5/22 — El gran terremoto chileno, medido en 9.5 en la escala de magnitud momentánea, golpea el sur de Chile. Es el terremoto más poderoso jamás registrado.

• 1970

  9/4 — Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.

• 1971

  7/11 — Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.

• 1972

  10/13 — Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. (By December 23, 1972, only 16 of the 45 total persons originally aboard were still alive when rescued.)[1]

• 1973

  9/11 — Un golpe en Chile liderado por el General Augusto Pinochet derrocó al presidente democráticamente elegido Salvador Allende. Pinochet ejerce poder dictatorial hasta ser derrocado en un referendo en 1988, manteniéndose en el poder hasta 1990.

• 1973

  9/28 — 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.

• 1985

  3/3 — A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.

• 1986

  7/2 — Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

• 1988

  10/5 — The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.

• 1998

  10/16 — Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

• 2008

  5/2 — Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

• 2010

  2/27 — Un terremoto de 8.8 grados en la escala de magnitud momento azota partes centrales de Chile, dejando más de 500 víctimas y miles de heridos. El terremoto desató un tsunami que afectó a Hawái poco después.