In
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
an
historiography
Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline. By extension, the term ":wikt:historiography, historiography" is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiog ...
, the Conservative Republic was a period of
Chilean history that extended between 1826
and 1861, characterized by the hegemony of the conservative party, whose supporters were called ''
pelucones
image:MEgaña.jpg, 180px, Mariano Egaña, was a notable Pelucón; politically he felt affinity to constitutional monarchy as a form of government.
Pelucones (spanish language, Spanish for bigwigs) was the name used to refer to Chilean aristocrac ...
''. It began with the defeat of the ''
pipiolos
image:RamonFreire.jpg, 180px, Ramón Freire, hero of the Chilean War of Independence and head of state between 1823 and 1826 and again in 1827, was an icon of the Pipiolo movement
''Pipiolos'' (spanish language, Spanish for a young or naive pers ...
'' (Liberals) by the ''pelucones'' at the
Battle of Lircay ending the
Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 and concluded in 1861 with the election of the independent
Jose Joaquin Perez as president, ending the hegemony of the conservative party.
See also
*
Diego Portales
*
War of the Confederation
The War of the Confederation () was a military confrontation waged by the United Restoration Army, the alliance of the land and naval forces of Chile and the Restoration Army of Peru, formed in 1836 by Peruvian soldiers opposed to the conf ...
References
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1830 establishments in Chile
States and territories disestablished in 1861