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Máximo Lira
Máximo Ramón Lira Donoso was a Chilean diplomat and politician who served as the plenipotentiary of Chile to Brazil between 1891 and 1896 and the Tacna Province (Chile)#Administration, intendant of Tacna Province (Chile), Tacna Province between 1904 and 1912. Biography Lira was born in Santiago, Chile on November 18, 1846, as the son of Leonardo Lira Donoso and Tomasa Donoso. He married Adela Manso and they had two children. Lira completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio, Santiago de Chile where he received a bachelor's degree. He began his journalism career by translating a novel for El Independiente and published articles favoring the Conservative Party (Chile), Conservative Party. In the 1873 Chilean parliamentary election he was elected as a substitute deputy for La Unión, Chile, La Unión between 1873 and 1876. In 1874, Lira served as the secretary at the Chilean legation in Buenos Aires, where he also served as El Independiente's corresponden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacna Province (Chile)
The Tacna Province was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1884 and 1929. It was ceded by the Treaty of Ancón in 1883 and placed under military administration, and then created on 31 October 1884, incorporating the former Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica of the also former Tacna Department, as well as a contested claim over Tarata, and was returned to Peru at midnight on 28 August 1929, under the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Lima of the same year. History The province was first established on 31 October 1883, by a law promulgated by President Domingo Santa María which defined its limits as the Sama River to the north, the ''Quebrada de Camarones'' to the south, the Andes mountain range to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. This was under the conditions of the Treaty of Ancón, by means of which Chile achieved dominion over the Tarapacá Department, and possession of the provinces of Tacna and Arica for a decade, after which a plebi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
