Independence Day in Chile
Independence Day in Chile is held on February 12. Día de la Independencia celebrates independence from Spain, declared in 1818. February 12, 1818 Bernardo O'Higgins officially declared independence. This event in the second decade of the month February is annual. 
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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.
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