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Tomas Lopez compuesto por el mapa manuscrito de Poncho Chileno, Madrid 1777 · Public domain
Conflict Americas

Arauco War

1550 CE – 1662 CE · 112 years

A long frontier war in southern Chile in which Mapuche resistance repeatedly shattered Spanish attempts to conquer Araucania, making it one of the most durable indigenous resistances in the Americas.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Spanish Empire and colonial Chile
  • Mapuche confederations

Key moments

Defining events in the Arauco War.

  1. 1553 Battle of Tucapel
  2. 1598 Battle of Curalaba
  3. Mapuche uprising of 1655

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