The following lists events that happened during
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
in
Chile.
Incumbents
*
President of Chile:
José Joaquín Pérez
Events
June
*7 June - The
Presbyterian Church in Chile
The Presbyterian Church in Chile was founded on June 7, 1868 in the city of Santiago and was the first Protestant church in the country. The Chile mission was coordinated by Dr. Rev. David Trumbull and the United Presbyterian Church in the USA. On ...
is founded. It is the first
Protestant church in Chile.
Births
*date unknown -
Aníbal Rodríguez (d. 1930)
*8 January -
Henry Gollan
Sir Henry Cowper Gollan CBE KC (8 January 1868 – 5 August 1949) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as attorney general and chief justice of a number of British colonies in the early 20th century. His last position before retirement w ...
(d. 1949)
*27 February -
Pedro Balmaceda
Pedro Balmaceda Toro (1868 – June 1, 1889) was a Chilean writer and journalist, considered the promoter of the Modernismo school in Latin America. Pedro Balmaceda was of Basque people, Basque descent.
Life and career
He was born in Santiago ...
(d. 1889)
*31 July -
Emilio Bello
Emilio Bello Codesido (13 July 1868 – 3 March 1963) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat, deputy and President of the Government Junta that ruled Chile in 1925.
He was the son of Andrés Ricardo Bello, and grandson of Andres Bello, who authored t ...
(d. 1963)
*20 December -
Arturo Alessandri (d. 1950)
Deaths
*10 June -
Antonio José de Irisarri
Antonio José de Irisarri Alonso (; February 7, 1786 – June 10, 1868), was a Guatemalan statesman, journalist, and politician who served as Interim Supreme Director of Chile in 1814. He is considered one of the fathers of Chilean journalis ...
(b. 1786)
References
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