Battle of Rancagua

When

2 Oct 1814

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

34.17° S, 70.74° W

Description

1814 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1814 battle of the Chilean War of Independence

The Battle of Rancagua, also known in Chile as the Disaster of Rancagua, occurred on October 1, 1814, to October 2, 1814, when the Spanish Army under the command of Mariano Osorio defeated the Chilean forces led by Bernardo O’Higgins. This put an end to the Chilean Patria Vieja and it was the decisive step of the Spanish military Reconquest of Chile.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Disaster of Rancagua”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Rancagua siegen die spanischen Royalisten und ziehen bald darauf wieder in der Hauptstadt Santiago de Chile ein”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1er et 2 octobre : désastre de Rancagua au Chili”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Chile, con la batalla de Rancagua se consolida la reconquista de Chile por parte de los españoles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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