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The Fiestas Patrias (literally Homeland Holidays) [1] of Chile consist of two days, with a third one added on some years: 18 September, in commemoration of the proclamation of the First Governing Body of 1810, and marking the beginning of the Chilean Independence process. 19 September, known as the "Day of the Glories of the Army".
1 January – New Year's Day; 29 March – Good Friday; 30 March – Easter Saturday; 1 May – Labour Day; 21 May – Navy Day; 21 June – National Day of Aboriginal Peoples; 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul; 16 July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel; 15 August – Assumption Day; 18 September – Independence Day; 19 September – Army Day
The parade's September 19 date was officially sanctioned in 1915 as Chilean Army Day (Dia de las Glorias del Ejercito) per a presidential decree by President Ramón Barros Luco and Interior and Public Security Minister Pedro Nicolás Montenegro, then confirmed by Law 2977 by the National Congress, celebrating the Army, the first full day of the ...
September 11 (the day of the military coup in 1973) was established as a holiday (Día de la Liberación Nacional, "Day of National Liberation") by the military regime in 1981. [9] In 1998, it was replaced by the Día de la Unidad Nacional ("Day of National Unity"), [ 10 ] observed on the first Monday in September.
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's ... Chile: Independence Day ... This page was last edited on 23 December 2024, ...
May 15, 2024 at 3:47 PM. ... The Chilean government also declared a "code blue" in six regions in central and south central Chile to help people living on the streets cope with the extreme cold.
The Government Junta of Chile proclaimed an autonomous government for Chile within the Spanish monarchy (in memory of this day, Chile celebrates its National Day on 18 September each year). After these events, a movement for total independence, under the command of José Miguel Carrera (one of the most renowned patriots) and his two brothers ...
Logo of the Bicentennial of Chile. The Bicentennial of Chile (Spanish: Bicentenario de Chile) took place on September 18, 2010. [1] The celebration commemorates the beginning of the Independence process in Chile, with the first Government Junta of Chile on September 18, 1810, and Chile's becoming a free and independent country eight years later. [2]