OHiggins, Bernardo

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O'Higgins, Bernardo (1778–1842) South American revolutionary leader and ruler of Chile. A member of the revolutionary junta in colonial Chile, O'Higgins commanded the army against the Spanish. Defeated in 1814, he joined José de San Martín in Argentina to defeat the Spanish at Chacabuco (1817). Appointed ‘supreme director’ of Chile, he declared independence in 1818 but resigned in 1823.

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