New Fatherland

Republic of Chile
República de Chile
1817–1823
Effective territory and claims based on the uti possidetis of 1810.
Effective territory and claims based on the uti possidetis of 1810.
CapitalSantiago
Common languagesSpanish (official)
Indigenous languages (Quechuan languages, Aymara, Mapudungun, Kawésqar, Yaghan)
GovernmentDictatorship
Supreme Director 
• 1817-1823
Bernardo O'Higgins
• 1823-1826
Ramón Freire
Historical eraDecolonization of the Americas
12 February 1817
12 February 1818
5 April 1818
23 October 1818
8 August 1822
28 January 1823
Population
• 1818
850,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Reconquest (Chile)
Organization of the Republic

New Fatherland (Spanish: Patria Nueva) was a period in the history of Chile that began with the victory of Ejército de los Andes in the Battle of Chacabuco on 12 February 1817 and ended with the resignation of Bernardo O'Higgins as Supreme Director in 1823.