Chilean Civil War of 1891

Chilean Civil War

Picture of the rebel fleet attacking Valparaíso, late August 1891, published in Le Petit Journal.
Date16 January–18 September 1891 (8 months, 2 days)
Location
Result Congressional victory; suicide of president José Manuel Balmaceda and beginning of the Parliamentary period.
Belligerents
Chile Balmaceda Government Chile Congressional Junta
Commanders and leaders
José Manuel Balmaceda 
Orozimbo Barbosa 
José Miguel Alcérreca 
José Velásquez Bórquez
Eulogio Robles Pinochet 
Jorge Montt
Adolfo Holley
Estanislao del Canto
Emil Körner
Strength
40,000
2 torpedo boats
~10,000
1 monitor
1 armoured frigate
1 cruiser
1 corvette
1 battery ship
(January 1891)
Casualties and losses
1 armoured frigate
5,000[1]

The Chilean Civil War of 1891 (also known as Revolution of 1891) was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manuel Balmaceda from 16 January 1891 to 18 September 1891. The war saw a confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Chilean Navy, siding with the president and the congress, respectively. This conflict ended with the defeat of the Chilean Army and the presidential forces, and with President Balmaceda committing suicide as a consequence of the defeat.[2] In Chilean historiography the war marks the end of the Liberal Republic and the beginning of the Parliamentary Era.

Battle of Concón, Chile. 21 August 1891.
  1. ^ "Nineteenth Century Death Tolls".
  2. ^ Armed Conflict Events Database (ACED):"Chilean Civil War 1891"