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This is a timeline of Chilean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Chile and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Chile .
History of Chile. The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony between 1540 and 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.
27 February 1811. 2 April 1811. Interim President of the First Government Junta. —. Fernando Márquez de la Plata. (1740–1818) 2 April 1811. 4 July 1811. President of the First Government Junta.
Presidents democratically elected then resigned or overthrown: José Manuel Balmaceda, Arturo Alessandri, Emiliano Figueroa, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Salvador Allende. the shortest and longest terms: Pedro Opazo (one day) and Augusto Pinochet (17 years) Most non-consecutive periods: Arturo Alessandri (three times, although his second term is ...
t. e. In Chilean historiography, Colonial Chile (Spanish: La colonia) is the period from 1600 to 1810, beginning with the Destruction of the Seven Cities and ending with the onset of the Chilean War of Independence. During this time, the Chilean heartland was ruled by Captaincy General of Chile.
Chile's recent economic history (since 1973) has been the focus of an extensive debate, as it pioneered neoliberal economic policies. [1] [2] [3] Chile emerged into independence as a rural economy on what was the periphery of the Spanish Empire. A period of relative free trade that began with independence in the 1810s brought a modernizing ...
v. t. e. The Conquest of Chile is a period in Chilean historiography that starts with the arrival of Pedro de Valdivia to Chile in 1541 and ends with the death of Martín García Óñez de Loyola in the Battle of Curalaba in 1598, and the destruction of the Seven Cities in 1598–1604 in the Araucanía region .
Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica , stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .