Gregorio Urrutia

Gregorio Urrutia Venegas (1830 – September 10, 1897) was a

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 ...

an military figure who played a major role in the later phase of the

Occupation of Araucanía The Occupation of Araucanía or Pacification of Araucanía (1861–1883) was a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetrations by the Chilean army and settlers into Mapuche territory which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Ch ...

(1861–1883), leading Chilean forces that resisted and suppressed the

Mapuche uprising of 1881 The last major rebellion of the indigenous Mapuches of Araucanía took place in 1881, during the last phase of the Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883) by the Chilean state. It was planned by Mapuche chiefs in March 1881 to be launched in Nove ...

. 1830 births 1897 deaths People from Punilla Province Chilean people of Basque descent Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) politicians Deputies of the XXI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Deputies of the XXII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Chilean Army generals People of the Occupation of Araucanía Chilean military personnel of the War of the Pacific People of the Chilean Civil War of 1891 (Congresistas) {{chile-mil-bio-stub