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1520
Southern Passage
In 1520 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe Ferdinand Magellan discovered the southern passage now named after him the Strait of Magellan. -
Chile Independence
After Declaring independence by Spain in 1818 -
Chile Emerges
Chile emerges in 1830s as relatively stable authoritarian republic -
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Pacific War
From 1879-83 after defeating Peru and Boliva -
Ending of the Mapuche resistance
in the 1880 the mapuche resistance was ending and gaining its northern territory. -
Arturo Alessandri
the emerging middle and working classes were powerful enough to elect a reformist president, Arturo Alessandri -
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political Polarization and Turmoil
the country experienced severe left-right political polarization and turmoil. -
The Regime
The regime ended in 1990 and referendum in 1988 -
Coalition Victory
the son of previous president Eduardo Frei Montalva led the coalition to victory. -
Tunnel Dollapsed
On 5 August 2010 the access tunnel collapsed at the San Jose copper and gold mine in the Atacama desert near copiapo in northern Chile trapping 33 men 700 meters below the ground
