1891 in Chile

Events in the year 1891 in Chile.

Incumbents

January 18-September 16 - Chilean Civil War of 1891
March 6 - Battle of Pozo Almonte
April 23 - Battle of Caldera Bay
May 6 - Itata Incident: the steamer Itata is detained in San Diego on orders of United States State Department official John W. Foster^[1]
May 7 - Itata Incident: The Itata leaves San Diego for Chile^[2]
May 16 - Itata Incident: USS Charleston, a warship sent after the Itata, arrives in the Mexican port of Acapulco without finding the Itata ^[3]
June 4 - United States Navy admiral George Brown convinces the Congressionalist Junta to give up the Itata.^[4]
July 3 - The vessel Maipo arrived in Iquique with arms and munitions for the Congressionalist Junta
August 21 - Battle of Concón
August 28 - Battle of Placilla

↑ "Seizure of the Itata; the Robert and Minnie not caught", New York Times, May 7, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
↑ "Away steamed the Itata", New York Times, May 8, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
↑ "Waiting for the Itata", New York Times, May 17, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008
↑ "The Itata Surrendered", New York Times, June 5, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008

1891 in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands