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The country's economic ... when a national junta was established to govern Chile in the name of the ... also founded the Communist Party of Chile (Spanish ...
In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD. [132] In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America. [133] 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. [134]
The first European to discover Chile was Ferdinand Magellan, in 1520, following the passage in the Strait which bears his name on a wall, at the southern tip of Latin America. Following the conquest of the Aztec Empire by Hernán Cortés between 1518 and 1521, a new wave of territorial expansion occurred in the direction of the Inca Empire from ...
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
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 subsequent destruction of the Seven Cities in 1598–1604 in the Araucanía region.
Hellen, mythical progenitor of the Greeks, who gives his name to both the people and the country in the Greek language. Theseus, semi-legendary founder-hero of Athens [92] Solon (594 BC) and Cleisthenes (508/7 BC), inventors of democracy and founders of the Athenian constitution. Lycurgus of Sparta, founder of the Spartan constitution
The General Captaincy of Chile (Capitanía General de Chile [kapitaˈni.a xeneˈɾal de ˈtʃile]), Governorate of Chile, or Kingdom of Chile, [6] was a territory of the Spanish Empire from 1541 to 1818 that was, initially, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. It comprised most of modern-day Chile and southern parts of Argentina in the Patagonia ...
An enlargeable relief map of Chile. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Chile: Chile – country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern and central ...