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Events in the year 1879 in Chile.
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Incumbents
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edit- March 23 – Battle of Topáter
- April 12 – Battle of Chipana
- May 21 – Battle of Iquique and Battle of Punta Gruesa
- October 8 – Battle of Angamos
- November 2 – Battle of Pisagua
- November 23 – Battle of San Francisco
- November 27 – Battle of Tarapacá
Births
edit- 6 February – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, thirtieth president of Chile (d. 1941)[1]
- 12 February – Juan Esteban Montero, politician (d. 1948)
- 1 July – Ignacio Urrutia Manzano, politician (d. 1951)
Deaths
edit- May 21 – Arturo Prat, lawyer and navy officer (b. 1848)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pedro Aguirre Cerda" (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 8 February 2024.