1810 Chile forms the National Junta, which is their first passage towards independency.
1817 An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by eneral Jos
1817 The Argentine/Chilean patriotic army defeates the Spanish in the Battle of Chacabuco
1818 Chile proclamates its independence from Spain.
1822 An earthquake in Chile raises the coastal area.
1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian allian
1879 At Antofagasta, Chile: Chilean troops disembark in this port, then Bolivian. This is the beginning of the War of the Pacific between Chile and the joint forces of Peru and Bolivia.
1883 Peru and Chile signed the reaty of Anc
1891 Civil War in Chile
1915 World War I: Off the coast of Chile, the Royal Navy sinks the German battleship SMS ''Dresden''.
1932 Military coup in Chile
1939 Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile - about 50.000 sq mi razed
1945 Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru join the United Nations.
1947 Earthquake in Chilean Andes - 233 dead
1960 May 22
1970 Chilean army commander Rene Schneider is shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25.
1970 Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971 Chile and East Germany establish diplomatic relations.
1972 Chilean president Salvador Allende forms a new government.
1973 Chile's democratically-elected government is overthrown in a military coup after serious instability. President Salvador Allende dies, and General Augusto Pinochet heads a military junta that will govern Chile for the next 16 years.
1973 Chile breaks diplomatic contacts with Sweden.
1976 In Santiago, capital of Chile, Cruzeiro from Brazil wins lub Atl
1976 Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
1978 A referendum in Chile supports the policies of Augusto Pinochet.
1981 Chilean President Augusto Pinochet is sworn in for another 8-year term.
1984 The Peace and Friendship Treaty is signed between Argentina and Chile in Vatican City.
1986 Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; 5 of his bodyguards are killed.
1989 Chile holds its first free election in 16 years.
1990 Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically-elected Chilean president since 1970.
2004 The People's Republic of China agrees to invest $20 billion dollars in Argentina, a deal signed days before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to be held in Santiago, Chile.
2004 Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile, promises economic compensation to 28,000 victims of torture during Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship.