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Events on Tuesday 18 September 1810 1
1810First Government Junta of ChileSantiago forms an autonomous junta following the Spanish crown's crisisAmid the collapse of royal authority in Spain, notables in Santiago established a junta to govern Chile in the name of the deposed King Ferdinand VII. The junta nominally retained loyalty to the crown but set Chile on the path toward full independence, declared in 1818. September 18 is now celebrated as Chile's national day.