Chilean Civil War of 1891
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The Chilean Civil War of 1891, or the Second Chilean Civil War or Revolution of 1891, was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manue
Picture of the rebel fleet attacking Valparaíso, late August 1891, published in Le Petit Journal.
Battle of Concón, Chile. 21 August 1891.
President José Manuel Balmaceda
The Iquique revolutionary junta (from left to right): Waldo Silva, Vice President of the Senate; Jorge Montt Álvarez, captain of the ship and president of the same; and Ramón Barros Luco, president of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Parliamentary Era in Chile began in 1891, at the end of the Civil War, and spanned until 1925 and the establishment of the 1925 Constitution. Also called "pseudo-parliamentary" period or "Parliame
Chilean Civil War of 1891
…committing suicide as a consequence of the defeat. In Chilean historiography the war marks the end of the Liberal Republic and the beginning of the Parliamentary Era. The Chilean Civil War grew out of political disagreements between the president of Chile, José Manuel Balmaceda, and the Chilean Congress. In 1889…
Former National Congress in Santiago de Chile, ex-seat of the parliamentary power.