José Manuel Balmaceda
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José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández was a Chilean politician who served as the 11th President of Chile from 18 September 1886 to 29 August 1891. A controversial figure, Balmaceda's political disa
Fernando Laroche (1891) Retrato de José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández
Meeting of notables in the Theater of Santiago with President José Manuel Balmaceda by Nicolás Guzmán Bustamante
President José Manuel Balmaceda
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
José Manuel Balmaceda
…of Chile from 18 September 1886 to 29 August 1891. A controversial figure, Balmaceda's political disagreements with the Chilean congress led to the 1891 Chilean Civil War. Following the government forces' defeat at the Battle of Placilla, Balmaceda took refuge in the Argentine embassy where he later died by suicide…
Picture of the rebel fleet attacking Valparaíso, late August 1891, published in Le Petit Journal.
Battle of Concón, Chile. 21 August 1891.
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.