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Events relating to chile
Chile begins four years of untroubled independence, ruled by a junta introducing liberal reforms
Spanish forces at Rancagua defeat a Chilean army commanded by Bernardo O'Higgins, who escapes across the Andes into Argentina
San Martín and O'Higgins lead an army through the Andes into Chile and capture Santiago
O'Higgins is elected the 'supreme director' of independent Chile after San Martín declines the post
Bernardo O'Higgins introduces liberal reforms in Chile, reducing the privileges of aristocracy and church
Thomas Cochrane arrives in Valparaiso to take command of the Chilean navy
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's first liberal reformer, is so unpopular that he has to resign
Conservative 'bigwigs' and liberal 'novices' emerge as Chile's two main political parties
Diego Portales begins a 30-year spell as Chile's conservative dictator
The War of the Pacific brings Chile new mineral wealth at the expense of Bolivia and Peru
Civil war breaks out in Chile between supporters of a liberal president and a hostile congress
The Great Valparaiso Earthquake damages much of central Chile and is felt from Peru to Buenos Aires
The Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral makes her name with her first collection, Sonetos de la muerte
A Chilean poet, Ricardo Reyes, adopts the pen name Pablo Neruda
20-year-old Chilean poet Pablo Neruda publishes one of his best-known collections, Twenty Love Poems
Pablo Neruda increases his international reputation with a collection of surrealist poems, Residencia en la tierra ('Residence on earth')
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda publishes his epic account of South America and its people, Canto general
Salvador Allende, heading a Socialist and Marxist coalition, is elected president in Chile
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
President Salvador Allende appoints Augusto Pinochet commander-in-chief of the Chilean army and brings him into the cabinet
Chilean president Salvador Allende dies in the Chilean capital, Santiago, in a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet takes sole power in Chile, at the head of a junta which governs with extreme brutality
Chilean author Isabel Allende publishes her first novel, The House of the Spirits
Augusto Pinochet, the only candidate in Chile's presidential election, resigns when he wins less than half the votes cast
With the fall of Pinochet, Chile returns eagerly to democracy - electing a Christian Democrat, Patricio Aylwin, as president
