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Decades:	1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s;
See also:	Other events of 1891; Timeline of Chilean history;

Events in the year 1891 in Chile.

Incumbents

January 18-September 16 - Chilean Civil War of 1891
March 6 - Battle of Pozo Almonte
April 23 - Battle of Caldera Bay
May 6 - Itata Incident: the steamer Itata is detained in San Diego on orders of United States State Department official John W. Foster^[2]
May 7 - Itata Incident: The Itata leaves San Diego for Chile^[3]
May 16 - Itata Incident: USS Charleston, a warship sent after the Itata, arrives in the Mexican port of Acapulco without finding the Itata ^[4]
June 4 - United States Navy admiral George Brown convinces the Congressionalist Junta to give up the Itata.^[5]
July 3 - The vessel Maipo arrived in Iquique with arms and munitions for the Congressionalist Junta
August 21 - Battle of Concón
August 28 - Battle of Placilla

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^ "Seizure of the Itata; the Robert and Minnie not caught", New York Times, May 7, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
^ "Away steamed the Itata", New York Times, May 8, 1891, retrieved 10 August 2008
^ "Waiting for the Itata", New York Times, May 17, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008
^ "The Itata Surrendered", New York Times, June 5, 1891, retrieved August 10, 2008
^ "José Manuel Balmaceda | president of Chile". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2021.