Chile timeline By bereket Temesgen

1535 - The Indigenous people of Chile ( Araucanian) successfully resist the first Spanish invasion of Chile.

1541- Spanish Conquistador Pedro de Valdiva begins spanish conquest and founds santiago

1817- Spanish defeated by Army of the Andes led by Jose de San Martin and Bernardo O'Higgins at the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu

1818- Chile becomes independent with Bernardo O'Higgins as supreme leader.

1891- Civil war over constitutional dispute between president and congress ends in congressional victory, with president now useless.

1925- New constitution made, seperates church and state

1927- General Carlos Ibanez del Campo seizes power and establishes dictatorship.

1970 - Salvador Allende becomes world's first democratically elected Marxist president and begins on an extensive promise of nationalization and radical social reform.

1973- Chief of Staff General Augusto Pinochet kicks out Allende in coup and proceeds to establish a dictatorship.

2010- 500 people died and a lot of damage is caused as massive earthquake strikes central Chile. The 8.8 magnitude quake is the biggest to hit the country in 50 years.

1823-30 - O'Higgins resigns, civil war between liberal federalists and conservative centralists ends with conservative win.

1879-84 - Chile increases territory by 1/3 after beating Peru and Bolivia in War of the Pacific