Independence Day Of Chile

Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to visit what is now Chile. Spain closed its 1535 invasion of Peru, Francisco Pizarro. Diego de Almagro, one of Pizarro assistant, went to Chile to kultaa.Kulta-hunting expedition spent nearly three years without finding, and later went to Peru.In 1540, led to an officer Pizarro, Pedro de Valdivia, another cruise in southern Chile. Valdivia has managed a number of settlements, although the fierce resistance Araucanian.Vain Indians, not directly under the Spanish attack, the Araucanian.The Spanish colonial era, slowly built in Chile, because it is not important, silver or gold deposits in Spanish, and the natives are willing to work very hard to vote. Moreover, far from the center of Spanish colonization in Peru. Chile supplied Peru with agricultural products, particularly wheat.In 1810, Chile took the opportunity to be free from Spanish rule, when they heard that the king of Spain was forced to Napoleon I of France. 18. same year in September. James City Council overthrew the colonial governor of Chile on September 18, 1810 This is the formal establishment of Chilean independence from Spain. After four years, the Spanish viceroy of Peru, Chile restored. But the desire for independence is strong.