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Santiago

capital city of Chile

23 dated entries naming Santiago, drawn from 20 separate years between 1541 CE and 2011 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Greater Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1541February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, which will become the capital of Chile.source
  • 1575The seat of the Audiencia Real in Chile moves from Concepción to Santiago.source

19th century

  • 1814October 5: The Royalist forces enter Santiago. Begins the mass exodus of patriots towards Mendoza.source
  • 181712 February - The Battle of Chacabuco is fought, resulting in a Spanish defeat and the Patriot capture of Santiago.source
  • 1863December 8 – The Church of the Company Fire in Santiago, Chile, kills between 2,000 and 3,000 people.source
  • 1888date unknown – The Society for the Protection of Women is founded in Santiago by Juana Roldánsource
  • 1894The Sociedad Protectora de la Infancia (Child Protection Society) is founded in Santiago.source

20th century

  • 1924A record drought in Central Chile produce what remains the driest year in Santiago (66.1 mm) and Valparaíso (58 mm), as well as the driest until 1996 in Concepción with 671.9 mm.source
  • 1925April 19 – Colo-colo, a well-known football club of Chile, is founded in Macul, suburb of Santiago.source
  • 1925November 24 – The silent film El Húsar de la Muerte is released in Santiago, Chile.source
  • 1937August – founding of Bolivian Socialist Falange in Santiago, Chile by Bolivian exilessource
  • 194212 May - The Catholic University rugby team of the city of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, is founded.source
  • 194218 December - the Quinta Normal Fire Department is founded in the Commune of Quinta Normal in Santiago.source
  • 194825 February - The United Nations Economic and Social Council creates, under resolution 106 five regional economic commissions, whose objective is to help and collaborate with the governments of the respective territories in the investigation and analysis of regional and national economic issues. One of the five regional economic commissions was the Economic Commission for Latin America (in 1984 it was extended to the Caribbean), whose headquarters will be located in the city of Santiago.source
  • 195417 March - The young Argentine dancer Nélida Lobato performs at the theatre Bim-Bam-Bum in Santiago.source
  • 195421 September - Clarin is founded, edited in Santiago and directed by Darío Sainte Marie.source
  • 19604 November – The Television Corporation of the University of Chile, Channel 9, begins its transmissions from the city of Santiagosource
  • 196124 June - Raúl Silva Henríquez takes office as Archbishop of Santiago in the Archdiocese of Santiago.source
  • 197016 September - Inauguration of the Lo Prado tunnel on Route 68, which connects Santiago de Chile with Valparaíso.source
  • 1972April 13 – The third United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD III) is held at the then Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral in the city of Santiago.source
  • 1976July 30 – In Santiago, Chile, Cruzeiro from Brazil beats River Plate from Argentina and are the Copa Libertadores de América champions in Association football.source
  • 1985March 3 – The 8.0 Mw Algarrobo earthquake hits Santiago and Valparaíso, Chile, leaving 177 dead, 2,575 injured, 142,489 houses destroyed, and approximately a million people homeless.source

21st century

  • 2011September 2 – 2011 Chilean Air Force C-212 crash. A CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed.source

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