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BALMACEDA, JOSE MANUEL (1838—1891)

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BALMACEDA, JOSE MANUEL (1838—1891)

BALMACEDA, JOSE See also:
MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)
MANUEL (1838—1891) , See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic of See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago in 1838. His parents were wealthy, and in his See also:

early days he was chiefly concerned inindustrial and agricultural enterprise. In 1865 he wag one of the representatives of the Chilean See also:

government at the See also:

general See also:

South See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress at See also:

LIMA

Lima, and after his return obtained See also:

GREAT

great distinction as an orator in the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly. After discharging some See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions abroad, he became successively See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs and of the interior under the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency of Senor See also:

SANTA

Santa Maria, and in the latter capacity carried compulsory See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage and several other See also:

LAWS

laws highly See also:

OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious to the See also:

clergy. In 1886 he was elected president; but, in spite of his great capacity, his imperious See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper little fitted him for the See also:

POST

post. He was soon irreconcilably at variance with the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the national representatives, and on the 1st of See also:

JANUARY

January 1891 he sought to terminate an intolerable situation by refusing to convoke the assembly and ordering the continued collection of the taxes on his own authority. This led to the Chilean Civil See also:

War of 1891, which ended in the overthrow of Balmaceda, who committed See also:

SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide on the 18th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, the anniversary of his See also:

ELEVATION

elevation to the presidency.

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