1891 in Chile
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Events in the year 1891 in Chile.
Incumbents
- President: Jose Manuel Balmaceda until August, Jorge Montt after August[1]
Events
- January 18-September 16 - Chilean Civil War of 1891
- March 6 - Battle of Pozo Almonte
- April 23 - Battle of Caldera Bay
- May 6 - Itata Incident: the steamer Itata is detained in San Diego on orders of United States State Department official John W. Foster[2]
- May 7 - Itata Incident: The Itata leaves San Diego for Chile[3]
- May 16 - Itata Incident: USS Charleston, a warship sent after the Itata, arrives in the Mexican port of Acapulco without finding the Itata [4]
- June 4 - United States Navy admiral George Brown convinces the Congressionalist Junta to give up the Itata.[5]
- July 3 - The vessel Maipo arrived in Iquique with arms and munitions for the Congressionalist Junta
- August 21 - Battle of Concón
- August 28 - Battle of Placilla
Deaths
- August 28 - Orozimbo Barbosa
- September 18 - Jose Manuel Balmaceda
References
- Mirow, M. C. (2015). Latin American Constitutionalism: The Constitution of Cádiz and its Legacy in Spanish America. Cambridge University Press. p. 176. ISBN 9781107025592.
- "Seizure of the Itata; the Robert and Minnie not caught", New York Times, May 7, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
- "Away steamed the Itata", New York Times, May 8, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
- "Waiting for the Itata", New York Times, May 17, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008
- "The Itata Surrendered", New York Times, June 5, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008
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