The following lists events that happened during 1899 in Chile.

Incumbents

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 re ...

Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (Santiago, November 16, 1850 – Valparaíso, July 12, 1901) was a Chilean politician who served as the 12th President of Chile. Early life He was son of the president Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and of Eulogia ...

Events

*4 February - Chile-Denmark relations: Chile signs a commerce treaty with

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. *24 March - The

Puna de Atacama dispute The Puna de Atacama dispute, sometimes referred to as Puna de Atacama Lawsuit (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Litigio de la Puna de Atacama''), was a border dispute involving Argentina, Chile and Bolivia in the 19th century over the arid high plate ...

is resolved.

Births

*22 April -

Eduardo Cruz-Coke Eduardo Cruz-Coke Lassabe (April 22, 1899 – March 18, 1974) was a Chilean political figure, the conservative candidate in Chile's 1946 presidential election and the principal creator of the Chilean health system. Cruz-Coke was born in Valp ...

(died 1974) *16 August -

Salvador Reyes Figueroa Salvador Reyes Figueroa was a Chilean writer who won the 1967 Chilean National Prize for Literature. Biography He was born in Copiapó to Arturo Reyes and Luisa Figueroa on August 16, 1899. He first studied at the Instituto Comercial de Antofaga ...

(died 1970) *1 October - Ricardo Romero (fencer) *7 December - Felipe Iturriaga (died 1977)

Deaths

*18 February - Ambrosio Montt Luco (born 1830)

References

{{South America topic, 1899 in Years of the 19th century in Chile

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 a ...