ocr: The Spanish first attempted the conquest of Chile against the fierce indigenous Araucanian people in 1535. Santiago was founded in 1541. Chile was subject to Spanish rule until independence in 1818. - 1817-1818 Bernardo O'Higgins leads the republican Army of the Andes in victories against royalist forces at the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu. . 1879-1883 War of the Pacitic with Bolivia and Peru. Chile gains valuable nitrate regions. . 1891-1924 Parliamentary republic ends with growing political chaos. - 1936-1946 Communist, Radical and Socialist parties form influential Popular Front coalition ...
