Historical Figure

Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)

Born: 1778 CE · Died: 1842 CENationality: Chile

About Bernardo O'Higgins

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 one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Independence1804 CE – 1830 CE

Latin American Independence Movements

A wave of independence movements liberated most of Latin America from Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule, beginning with Haiti's revolution (1804, the world's only successful slave revolt) and ending with the independence of mainland Spanish colonies by 1830.