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Junta in Santiago proclaims autonomy for Chile following the overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon.
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Spain regains control of Chile.
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Spanish defeated by Army of the Andes led by Jose de San Martin and Bernardo O'Higgins at the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu.
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One year after Chileans defeated the Spanish, Chile becomes independent with O'Higgins as supreme leader.
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O'Higgins forced to resign; civil war between liberal federalists and conservative centralists ends with conservative victory.
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Chile increases its territory by one third after it defeats Peru and Bolivia in War of the Pacific.
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Civil war over constitutional dispute between president and congress ends in congressional victory, with president reduced to figurehead
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New constitution increases presidential powers and separates church and state.There followed a long period of relative stability in Chile. There was also economic growth and the first railways were built.
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General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo seizes power and establishes dictatorship.
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Communists, Socialists and Radicals form Popular Front coalition and introduce economic policies based on US New Deal.