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Conflict Americas

War of the Confederation

1836 CE – 1839 CE · 3 years

Chile fought to dissolve the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, which threatened Chilean commercial dominance along the Pacific coast. Chile's victory at Yungay destroyed the confederation and affirmed Chilean regional power.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Chile & Peruvian rebels
  • Peru-Bolivian Confederation

Key moments

Defining events in the War of the Confederation.

  1. 1839 Battle of Yungay
  2. 1838 Battle of Portada de Guías
  3. 1839 Naval Battle of Casma

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Hawaii Volcanoes

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1836 CE and 1839 CE.

1836 CE Battle of the Alamo 1839 CE Uruguayan Civil War (Guerra Grande) 1839 CE First Opium War 1839 CE First Anglo-Afghan War 1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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