Battle of Lagunillas

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The Battle of Lagunillas was a mid-16th-century engagement in which Spanish colonial forces fought Mapuche warriors during the early phase of the Arauco War in Chile.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Lagunillas canonical 2
Battle of Mataquito 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
chronologyWithinConflict early phase of the Arauco War
combatant Mapuche warriors
surface form: Mapuche forces

Spanish royalist army
surface form: Spanish colonial army
conflict Arauco War
conflictSide European colonizers
indigenous peoples of the Americas
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
conflictType colonial war battle
country Chile
describedBySource Chilean historiography
colonial Spanish chronicles
followedBy Battle of Millarapue
subsequent Spanish campaigns in Araucanía
hasCasualties Mapuche warriors
surface form: Mapuche forces

Spanish forces
hasCause Spanish expansion into Mapuche territory
resistance of Mapuche to Spanish rule
hasCommander Caupolicán
García Hurtado de Mendoza
Lautaro
Mapuche leaders
hasEffect continuation of Mapuche resistance
strengthening of Spanish control in southern Chile
hasParticipant Mapuche people
surface form: Mapuche

Mapuche warriors
Spanish Empire
Spanish colonial forces in Chile
hasTopic Spanish–Mapuche relations
colonial warfare in South America
languageOfName Spanish
location Captaincy General of Chile
Chile
militaryTheater La Araucanía Region
surface form: Araucanía region
namedAfter Lagunillas area in southern Chile
partOf Arauco War
Spanish conquest of Chile
history of Chile
history of the Mapuche people
pointInTime 1557
precededBy earlier engagements of the Arauco War
result Spanish victory
temporalLocation 16th century
mid-16th century

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Subject: Battle of Lagunillas
Description of subject: The Battle of Lagunillas was a mid-16th-century engagement in which Spanish colonial forces fought Mapuche warriors during the early phase of the Arauco War in Chile.

Referenced by (3)

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Spanish conquest of Chile hasPart Battle of Lagunillas
Spanish conquest of Chile hasPart Battle of Lagunillas
this entity surface form: Battle of Mataquito
Battle of Millarapue follows Battle of Lagunillas