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1856 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1856 in Chile. Incumbents * President of Chile: Manuel Montt Events *Date unknown - 1856 Argentina–Chile treaty September *18 September - Chilean presidential election, 1856 Births *8 February - Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma (d. 1909) *11 May - Carlos Aldunate Solar (d. 1931) Deaths *19 June - Ventura Blanco Encalada Ventura Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (c. July 14, 1782 – June 13, 1856) was a Chilean political figure. Blanco Encalada was born in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, the son of Manuel Lorenzo Blanco Cicerón and of Mercedes Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren (a ... (b. 1782) References {{South America topic, 1856 in 1850s in Chile Chile Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856
Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyage on which she will be lost with all 186 on board. * January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in "Bleeding Kansas" to be in rebellion. * January 26 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the suppress an indigenous uprising, in response to Governor Stevens' declaration of a "war of extermination" on Native communities. * January 29 ** The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte. ** Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration. * February ** The Tintic War breaks out in Utah. ** The National Dress Reform Association is founded in the United States to promote "rational" dress for w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both the Government of Chile and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political offices. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and is essential to the country's political stability. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the president serves a four-year term, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the president of Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Montt
Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres (; September 4, 1809 – September 21, 1880) was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861. Biography Montt was born in Petorca, Valparaíso Region, the son of Catalan immigrants. His family was very poor, and in 1822, the death of his father increased their hardship. The same year, Manuel's mother secured his entrance into the Instituto Nacional (''National Institute''), where he also would serve as rector later in life (1835–40), though he could only afford the fees by tutoring other students. After studying law at the Instituto Nacional, he graduated as a lawyer in 1833 and soon achieved prominent academic and government posts. Montt had a distinguished career as a scholar, and was introduced into public life during the presidency (1831–1841) of José Joaquín Prieto by Diego Portales. Montt distinguished himself by his courage in the crisis that followed upon Portales' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of The National Congress Of Chile
The Library of the National Congress of Chile ( es, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, links=no, BCN) is a service of the National Congress of Chile that serves as an information center for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The library advises parliamentarians in the social sciences, law, legislation, history, and the development of Chile. Among its responsibilities are the maintenance of free access to current Chilean law. It also provides parliamentarians and their work teams with advice via meeting minutes Minutes, also known as minutes of meeting (abbreviation MoM), protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically describe the events of the meeting and may include a list of attendees, a state ..., reports, analytical data, and private seminars. It collects news clippings and offers information services and book lending. Diego Matte Palacios assumed the charge of Director of the BCN on July 10, 2023, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856 Argentina–Chile Treaty
The Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1856 between Chile and Argentina ( es, Tratado de paz, amistad, comercio y navegación entre la República de Chile y la Confederación Argentina) was the first boundary treaty between Argentina and Chile. Article 39 of the treaty proposed the use of direct diplomatic negotiations and arbitration to resolve disputes. It established that the boundaries should be based on the uti possidetis principle based on what each country possessed before the Chilean and Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ... wars of independence beginning in 1810. It also postponed the solution of the East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute into the future. Article 40 of this treaty established a 12-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Presidential Election, 1856
Indirect presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 July 1856. Chilean Elections Database Incumbent President was re-elected by a system of electors Results References Presidential elections in ChileChile
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Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma
Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma ( Valparaiso, 8 February 1856 – Villejuif, France, 27 October 1909), was one of Chile's best-known painters and one of the four artists known as the Great Chilean Masters. Biography He showed a talent and interest in art from an early age. At the age of twelve, he began attending the Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile) where he learned from Ernesto Kirchbach and Juan Mochi. For the first few years he combined artistic training with the study of medicine. Between 1881 and 1885 he was awarded a scholarship from the Chilean Government to continue his art studies at the workshop of Benjamin Constant in Paris. He also took courses in anatomy at the Sorbonne, where he made contact with movements that would go on to revolutionise art history, like the Manet School. However, it was the work of the Spanish masters that he copied at the Louvre that made the deepest impression on him, and were more of an influence on his style. In 1887, for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Republic of Chile. Incumbents * President of Chile: Pedro Montt Events *24 June – The Everton de Viña del Mar football club is founded. Births *15 May – Clara Solovera (d. 1992) *16 May – Raúl Rettig (d. 2000) *16 August – Bernardo Leighton (d. 1995) *24 October – Óscar Izurieta Molina (d. 1990) Deaths *4 January – Pedro Pablo Figueroa (b. 1857) *23 March – José Alfonso Cavada José Alfonso Cavada (February 4, 1832 – March 23, 1909) was Chilean minister of foreign affairs (1876–1878) and finance (1880–1881). He was twice President of the Supreme Court of Chile (1895, 1902). References *Los radicales ... References {{Year in South America, 1909 Years of the 20th century in Chile Chile 1900s in Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Aldunate Solar
Carlos Aldunate Solar (May 11, 1856 – June 14, 1931) was a politician in the Partido Conservador of Chile. Biography He was born in Santiago on May 11, 1856 and died in Santiago on June 14, 1931. Aldunate was a descendant of José Miguel Carrera. Studies and career * Aldunate studied at the Instituto Nacional, Facultad de Derecho, and the University of Chile. * He was sworn in as an attorney for the Board of Charities on January 10, 1876, where he worked for 15 years. * From October 16, 1922, to December 21, 1922 he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult, and Colonization. * From September 12, 1924, to January 23, 1925, he was the Minister of Foreign of Affairs. * Aldunate was the co-owner of Parcela en Lampa, Sector Lo Fontecilla, in Santiago. * Senator from 1915 to 1921. * Partido Conservador chairman for several terms. * Deputy under President Arturo Alessandri. * Vice President of the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1931 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (until 26 July), Pedro Opaso (27 July), Juan Esteban Montero (until 20 August), Manuel Trucco (until 15 November), Juan Esteban Montero Events August *31 August – Chilean naval mutiny of 1931 October *4 October – Chilean presidential election, 1931 December *25 December – Norte Grande insurrection Births *13 February – Gonzalo Figueroa Garcia Huidobro (d. 2008) * 21 July – Leon Schidlowsky (d. 2022) *7 August – Fernando Rosas Pfingsthorn (d. 2007) *14 August – Jaime Ramírez (d. 2003) *12 October – Ricardo Yrarrázaval Larraín *November – Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente (d. 2008) Deaths *15 May – Emiliano Figueroa (b. 1866) References {{South America topic, 1931 in Years of the 20th century in Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventura Blanco Encalada
Ventura Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (c. July 14, 1782 – June 13, 1856) was a Chilean political figure. Blanco Encalada was born in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, the son of Manuel Lorenzo Blanco Cicerón and of Mercedes Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren (a Spanish father and a Chilean mother). He was trained for the Army in Spain, where he became a ''Guard de Corps'' and a lieutenant in the ''Regimiento de Dragones de Sangunto''. During the Peninsular War, he supported Joseph Bonaparte and eventually was forced to emigrate to France. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1816, and moved to Chile in 1820, where his younger brother Manuel was an important political figure who went on to become its first President. In 1826, President Ramón Freire named him Minister of Government and Foreign Affairs and in 1827, Vice President Francisco Antonio Pinto named him Secretary of Treasury. After the defeat of the liberals in the Chilean Civil War of 1829, he retired from politics. Blanco Encalada spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
