First Government Junta of Chile

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governing council historical government body provisional government

The First Government Junta of Chile was the provisional governing body established in Santiago on September 18, 1810, marking the beginning of Chile’s process of independence from Spanish colonial rule.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Establishment of the First Government Junta of Chile 0 1
First National Government Junta of Chile 0 1
President of the First Government Junta of Chile 0 1
Primera Junta Nacional de Gobierno de Chile 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing council →
historical government body →
provisional government →
alsoKnownAs First Government Junta of Chile →
surface form: Primera Junta Nacional de Gobierno de Chile

Primera Junta de Gobierno →
capital Santiago →
claimedAllegianceTo Ferdinand VII of Spain →
commemoratedBy Fiestas Patrias →
surface form: Chilean Independence Day
commemoratedOn September 18 →
country Chile →
dissolvedOn 1811-07-04 →
endDate 1811-07-04 →
establishedOn 1810-09-18 →
followedBy Second Government Junta of Chile →
headOfState Mateo de Toro y Zambrano →
historicalEra The Age of Revolution →
surface form: Age of Revolution

early 19th century →
introducedInstitution national congress elections in Chile →
language Spanish →
legalBasis open cabildo of Santiago on 18 September 1810 →
locatedIn Captaincy General of Chile →
Santiago →
Spanish Empire →
member José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate →
surface form: Fernando Márquez de la Plata

Francisco Javier de Reina →
Francisco Javier de la Lastra →
Gaspar Marín →
Hipólito de Villegas →
Ignacio de la Carrera →
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate →
José Gregorio Argomedo →
José Miguel Infante →
Juan Enrique Rosales →
Juan Martínez de Rozas →
Manuel de Salas →
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano →
partOf Chilean War of Independence →
Latin American independence movements →
surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
politicalOrientation autonomist →
politicalStatus nominally loyal to King Ferdinand VII of Spain →
precededBy colonial administration of the Captaincy General of Chile →
president Mateo de Toro y Zambrano →
purpose defense of the kingdom and preservation of order →
self-government in absence of legitimate Spanish monarch →
religion Roman Catholicism →
significance first autonomous government in Chile →
marked the beginning of Chilean independence process →
startDate 1810-09-18 →
triggeredBy Napoleonic Wars →
surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Spain

crisis of the Spanish monarchy →
vicePresident José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate →

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Government Junta of Chile → alsoKnownAs → First Government Junta of Chile →
this entity surface form: Primera Junta Nacional de Gobierno de Chile
Fiestas Patrias → commemorates → First Government Junta of Chile →
Second Government Junta of Chile → followed → First Government Junta of Chile →
Francisco Javier de Reina → memberOf → First Government Junta of Chile →
Gaspar Marín → memberOf → First Government Junta of Chile →
Juan Enrique Rosales → memberOf → First Government Junta of Chile →
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano → participantIn → First Government Junta of Chile →
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano → positionHeld → First Government Junta of Chile →
this entity surface form: President of the First Government Junta of Chile
Chilean War of Independence → significantEvent → First Government Junta of Chile →
this entity surface form: First National Government Junta of Chile
Francisco Javier de Reina → significantEvent → First Government Junta of Chile →
this entity surface form: Establishment of the First Government Junta of Chile