Spanish conquest of Chile

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Chile was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spanish forces to subjugate indigenous peoples and establish Spanish rule in the territory of present-day Chile.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arauco War	1
expedition to Chile (1535–1537)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	territory of present-day Chile ⓘ
cause	expansion of Spanish colonial power in South America ⓘ search for new lands and resources ⓘ
chronology	followed the Spanish conquest of Peru ⓘ
combatant	Spanish conquistadors ⓘ indigenous peoples of Chile ⓘ
commander	Alonso de Ribera ⓘ Caupolicán ⓘ Colocolo ⓘ Diego de Almagro ⓘ Francisco Pizarro ⓘ García Hurtado de Mendoza ⓘ Lautaro ⓘ Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ Pelantaro ⓘ
describedBySource	La Araucana ⓘ Mapuche oral tradition ⓘ Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ
endTime	17th century ⓘ
hasPart	Arauco War ⓘ Battle of Curalaba ⓘ Battle of Lagunillas ⓘ Battle of Marihueñu ⓘ Battle of Lagunillas ⓘ surface form: Battle of Mataquito Battle of Millarapue ⓘ Battle of Penco ⓘ Battle of Quiapo ⓘ Battle of Reinohuelén ⓘ Battle of Tucapel ⓘ Destruction of the Seven Cities ⓘ
languageUsed	Mapudungun ⓘ Quechua ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ Chile ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
mainCountry	Spanish Empire ⓘ
notableWorkAbout	La Araucana ⓘ
opponent	Chango people NERFINISHED ⓘ Cunco people ⓘ Diaguita culture ⓘ surface form: Diaguita people Mapuche people ⓘ surface form: Huilliche people Inca Empire ⓘ Mapuche people ⓘ Mapuche people ⓘ surface form: Pehuenche people Picunche people ⓘ Promaucae people ⓘ
partOf	History of Chile ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
result	creation of the Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ establishment of Spanish rule in central Chile ⓘ incorporation of Chile into the Spanish Empire ⓘ long-term resistance in southern Chile ⓘ
startTime	1530s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Pedro de Valdivia → conflict → Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arauco War

Spanish colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ

Diego de Almagro → participantIn → Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: expedition to Chile (1535–1537)