Timeline Thursday 4 July 1811

Events on Thursday 4 July 1811 1

• 1811 Chile convenes its First National Congress Early step toward Chilean self-government under Spanish rule Delegates met in Santiago to form Chile's first representative national congress, part of the broader movement toward autonomy sweeping Spanish America after Napoleon's invasion of Spain. The congress operated under nominal loyalty to the deposed Spanish king while asserting local self-rule. It set the stage for Chile's full independence, declared in 1818.