Jorge Montt
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Jorge Montt Álvarez was a vice admiral in the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.
Jorge Montt Álvarez
Rear-Admiral Jorge Montt
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
Jorge Montt
…After graduating from the naval academy in 1861, he served in the Chincha Islands War (1864–1866) and the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). He led the 1891 Chilean Civil War against President José Manuel Balmaceda to become provisional leader and eventually president in 1891. The close of the revolution against Balmaceda…
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.