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Investment from Britain contributed to Chile's prosperity, and British seamen helped the Chilean navy become a force in the South Pacific. Chile won two wars, the first against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and the second, the War of the Pacific, in 1878-79, against an alliance between Peru and Bolivia. The liberal-socialist "Revolution of ...
At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 5,131 Chilean-born people were living in the UK. [6] The 2011 census recorded 6,456 Chilean-born residents in England, 120 in Wales, [ 7 ] 495 in Scotland [ 8 ] and 68 in Northern Ireland.
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and his wife meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2010. England played an important role in Chile's history.According to William Edmundson's A History of the British Presence in Chile, 2009, Chile had the same head of state as England in the 16th century, Queen Mary I.
English Chileans (Spanish: Anglochilenos) are citizens of Chile who are descended from English emigrants. Since the Port of Valparaíso opened its coasts to free trade in 1811, the English began to congregate in Valparaíso. The first to arrive brought with them tools, articles of china, wool and cotton, with instructions to return with copper ...
With the independence of Chile in the 1810s, Mapuche began to be seen as Chileans by other Chileans, contrasting with previous perceptions of them as a separate people or nation. [ 72 ] Although indigenous peoples like Mapuche and Aymaras are in some situations contrasted against Chilean people the two demonyms are not mutually exclusive and ...
Falkland Islands people of Chilean descent (2 P) Pages in category "British people of Chilean descent" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
English emigrants to Chile (4 P) Pages in category "Chilean people of English descent" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.
Chilean people of Welsh descent (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Chilean people of British descent" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.