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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 from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.
Alberto Hurtado was born in Viña del Mar, Chile, on January 22, 1901, to an aristocratic family. After the death of his father when Alberto was four years old, his mother, with just two small sons, decided to sell their large estate. Unfortunately the buyer defrauded her.
In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD. [138] In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America. [139] As of 2020, Chile ranks third in Latin America (behind Uruguay and Panama) in nominal GDP per capita. Copper mining makes up 20% of Chilean GDP and 60% of exports. [140]
An agreement between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1766–1767. [47] August 26: Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus. [48] 1768: August 20: Ancud is founded. Chiloé becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. 1769
His grandfather was a prominent physician and a social reformist who founded one of the first secular schools in Chile. [28] Salvador Allende was of Basque [ 29 ] and Belgian descent. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] In 1909, he moved with his family to the city of Tacna (then under Chilean administration ) until he returned to his country to live in ...
He extended Spanish rule south to the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546–1548), and returned to Chile as governor in 1549. He began to colonize Chile south of the Biobío and founded Concepción in 1550. [2] He was captured and killed by Mapuche Indians during the Arauco War in 1553. The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after ...
The Conquest of Chile is a period in Chilean history 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 subsequent destruction of the Seven Cities in 1598–1604 in the Araucanía region.
In the chapters of "Trip to Chile, 1540-1541" and "Santiago of the New Extremadura, 1541-1543" she talks about the hard conquest of Chile, the life with Pedro of Valdivia and how the two founded the capital of the country together.