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Defeat at Placilla and Balmaceda's Suicide
- When
- 19 September 1891
- Where
- Argentine embassy
The defeat of presidential forces at the Battle of Placilla led to Balmaceda's suicide in the Argentine embassy, ending his presidency.
Following the military defeat of the Chilean Army at the Battle of Placilla, President Balmaceda took refuge in the Argentine embassy. He died by suicide there on 19 September 1891, as a consequence of the defeat. The passages do not date the battle itself, so no same-day sequence from battle to suicide is implied.
Sources
- José Manuel Balmaceda Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-10
- Chilean Civil War of 1891 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.