The following lists events that happened during 1919 in Chile.
Incumbents
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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 ...
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Juan Luis Sanfuentes
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (; 27 December 1858 – 16 July 1930) was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920.
Sanfuentes was the son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui. Orphaned at an early age and ...
Events
May
*14 May – The
University of Concepción is established.
Births
*18 January –
Juan Orrego-Salas
Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas (January 18, 1919 – November 24, 2019) was a Chilean composer, musicologist, music critic, and academic.
Life and career
Born Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas in Santiago on January 18, 1919, Orrego-Salas studied at the Cons ...
(d.
2019
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Ricardo Lorenz Ricardo Lorenz (born May 24, 1961) is a Venezuelan composer and academic. Life and career
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Lorenz earned degrees from both the Conservatory of Music Juan Manuel Olivares and the Juan Manuel Olivares National School of ...
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Juan Orrego-Salas: 1919–2019
, Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music, Latin American Music Center website (accessed January 17, 2020).
*3 July –
Gabriel Valdés
Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux (July 3, 1919 – September 7, 2011) was a Chilean politician, lawyer and diplomat. Valdes served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile under President Eduardo Frei Montalva from 1964 to 1970. A vocal opponent ...
(d. 2011)
*date unknown –
René Rojas Galdames (d. 1988)
Deaths
*20 September –
Ramón Barros Luco (b. 1835)
References
{{South America topic, 1919 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 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 ...