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Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.

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Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered…
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Chilean Declaration of Independence

1818 Proclamation

The Chilean Declaration of Independence is a document declaring the independence of Chile from the Spanish Empire. It was drafted in January 1818 and approved by Supreme Director Bernardo O'Higgins on 12 February 1818 at Talca, despite being dated in Concepción on 1 January…
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Concepción, Chile

City and Commune in Bío Bío, Chile

Concepción is a city and commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan area, it is the second largest city in Chile by urban area and one of the three major conurbations in the country. It has a significant…
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February 12

Day of the year

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year.
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