1882 in Chile
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Incumbents
Events
About 6,000 European immigrants are registered in the country, as a result of foreign colonization policies.
The Chilean State breaks relations with the Holy See.
Parliamentary elections were conducted in 1882.[1] The elections were not free and fair, with considerable intervention by President Domingo Santa María.[1]
February
- 5 February - Battle of Pucará
July
- 9 July - Battle of La Concepción
Births
- 23 April – Augusto d'Halmar, writer, art critic and diplomat (died 1950)[2]
- 18 September - Vernon Steele, Chilean-born British actor (died 1955)
- 20 September - Luis Pardo, navy officer (died 1935)
Deaths
- 20 February - Manuel Camilo Vial, politician (birth 1804)[3]
- 9 July - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific (born 1848)