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Patria Vieja
Origins
On 18 September 1810, a date still celebrated as Chile's national day, a cabildo in Santiago created a governing junta led by the elderly Mateo de Toro Zambrano, ruling in the name of the captive Ferdinand VII. It replaced the governor of the Captaincy General of Chile.
Rule and society
The junta opened ports to free trade and convened the First National Congress in 1811. José Miguel Carrera seized power in a series of coups and introduced a provisional constitution, the first national flag and the newspaper Aurora de Chile, edited by Camilo Henríquez. Divisions between the Carreras and Bernardo O'Higgins weakened the patriots as the viceroy of Peru, José Fernando de Abascal, sent troops in 1813.
Decline and legacy
The Treaty of Lircay in 1814 briefly halted the war. Royalist forces then defeated O'Higgins at Rancagua in October 1814, and the patriots fled to Mendoza. The Reconquista lasted until Chacabuco in 1817.
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- Patria Vieja was conquered by Spanish Empire1814 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Patria Vieja. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/patria-vieja
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