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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.
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.
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
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]
She founded the associated Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns. [5] In 2005 the Diocese of Le Puy submitted Anne-Marie Martel's name to the Vatican to start the process of beatification. [3] There is a Lycée Polyvalent Privé Anne Marie Martel in Le Puy-en-Velay on the Rue Anne-Marie Martel. [6]
The Baháʼí Faith in Chile begins with references to Chile in Baháʼí literature as early as 1916, with the first Baháʼís visiting the country as early as 1919. A functioning community wasn't founded in Chile until 1940 with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated Baháʼí pioneers from the United States finding national Chilean ...
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 ...
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.