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5 19th century. 6 20th century. 7 21st century. 8 See also. 9 Notes. 10 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a timeline of Chilean history, ...
By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain. The country's economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpeter and later copper.
The timeline shows changes, both personal or title, of the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile from 18 September 1810 until today, regardless of whether president, vice-president, supreme director, interim or junta.
This is a timeline of the 19th century. ... 1836–1839: War of the Confederation begins between Chile and the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, ending with Chilean victory.
19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Years of the 19th century in Chile" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 ...
For many years, Spanish-descent settlers and religious orders imported African slaves to the country, which in the early 19th century constituted 1.5% of the national population. [7] Despite this, the Afro-Chilean population was negligible, reaching a height of only 2,500 – or 0.1% of the total population – during the colonial period. [8]
Chile adopted a free trade policy already in 1811 with the "Decreto de Libre Comercio". [5] This allowed the country in the mid-19th century to exploit the opportunities that the California Gold Rush and the Australian gold rushes created for exporting wheat. [6] [7]
[A] Chile's significant territorial acquisitions, which occurred mostly throughout the 19th century, paved the way for its emergence as a thalassocracy and one of the three most powerful and wealthiest states in South America during the 20th century. It also formed Chile's geopolitical and national identity as a tricontinental state and one of ...