Fact Friday #5- History I

Early History-

In 313,000 B.C.- 10,000 B.C., Chile was settled by nomadic hunters. The Atacama, Diaguita, and other small native tribes lived in northern Chile herding, farming, and hunting on the outskirts of the Atacama. However, in the late 1400's they were conquered by the Incas. The Araucanians who lived in the Central Valley were fierce warriors who defeated the Incas in their attempt to push South. They also later discouraged the Spanish from conquering Chile, temporarily.  

Time Line-

Date	Event
Late 1400's	Natives in N. Chile are conquered by the Incas
1520	Ferdinand Magellan is the first European to see Chile
1541	Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago
1776	USA recieves independence from England
1818	Chile wins its independence from Spain
1833	New constitution establishes strong central government and Roman Catholicism as the state religion
1861	USA Civil War begins
1917	USA joins WW I
1920	USA women gain the right to vote
1925	Another new constitution gives the people presidential elections and separates church and state
1939	The Chilean government creates an economic development corporation
1941	USA joins WW II
1949	Women gain the right to vote
1970	Salvador Allende Gossens is elected the first Marxist president in the Western Hemisphere
1973	General Augusto Pinochet leads military to overthrow the Allende government, and establishes a brutal dictatorship
1980	New constitution provides for the gradual return of Democracy
1989	Elections for president and legislature lead to a return of a democratic civilian government
2005	Pinochet is put under house arrest for human-rights offenses.
2006	Michele Bachelet becomes Chile’s first woman President.
2008	Barack Obama becomes USA's first black President
2010	Thirty-three miners, trapped underground for 69 days, are brought to safety. The world watches the televised rescue.