1900 in Chile
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The following lists events that happened during 1900 in Chile.
Incumbents[]
- President of Chile: Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Events[]
October[]
- 10 October – The Santiago National football club is founded.
Undated[]
- Exceptionally heavy and frequent rains during the winter across the centre of the country produce the wettest year for which reliable records are available at Santiago and Valparaíso, both of which receive more than twice their normal rainfall, with Quinta Normal recording 819.7 millimetres or 32.27 inches[1] and Valparaíso over 1,040 millimetres (40.94 in)[2][a] – with some sources suggesting Valparaíso accumulated as much as 1,345 millimetres (52.95 in).[3]
Births[]
- 5 April – Jorge González von Marées (died 1962)
- 21 May – Hernan Alessandri (died 1982)
- 13 July – Teresa of Los Andes (died 1920)
- 18 July – Juan Gómez Millas (died 1987)
Deaths[]
- date unknown -Eduardo de la Barra
Notes[]
a It’s likely that early meteorological annuals may have underestimated totals in Valparaíso as smaller falls may not have been recorded accurately.
References[]
- ^ Paskoff, Roland P.; ‘Geomorphological Processes and Characteristic Landforms in the Mediterranean Regions of the World’; Mediterranean Type Ecosystems; in Ecological Studies, Volume 7, 1973, pp 53–60
- ^ Anuario del Servicio Meteorolójico de la Dirección del Territorio Marítimo, 1900
- ^ Ortlieb, Luc; ‘Las mayores precipitaciones históricas en Chile central y la cronología de eventos ENOS en los siglos XVI-XIX’; in Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 67 (1994); pp. 463–485,
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