Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez

Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez
Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez
	1851 Chilean Revolution; Occupation of Araucanía; War of the Pacific Occupation of Lima;

Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (1821 – April 7, 1891) was a

Occupation of the Araucanía

.

His parents were Manuel Saavedra Cabrera, son of the president of the First Government of Buenos Aires in 1810 and

1851 Revolution to overthrow the newly elected President Manuel Montt and to repeal the 1833 Constitution. In 1857 he was appointed mayor and commander of weapons of Arauco, in whose care had to quell the uprising of the southern provinces during the revolution of 1859. That year he was reinstated to the Army with the rank of sergeant major. Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez took office as General Commander of the Chilean Navy

in 1860, but left the charge the same year. In 1862 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

loncos

of Araucania in 1869

Saavedra presented a draft plan to President Manuel Montt to advance Chilean territory to the south of La Frontera (consisting of the Bio Bio River), a plan that was rejected. After the incident involving the Frenchman

occupation of the Araucanía

during its first phase..

He led campaigns culminating in the submission of the Mapuche. The first phase consisted of building forts and small villages along the river Malleco, going into Mapuche territory (including the foundation of the city of Angol in 1862). The second phase (1867–1869) was decisive in advance, but the third phase in 1870 was not as successful and led to further negotiations.

After the pacification of Araucanía, he participated in the

Carelmapu (1867–1870), Nacimiento, Chile and Angol (1870–1873) and Minister of War (1879).^[1]

References

^ Historia del Ejército de Chile, page 46

External links

Media related to Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Manuel García de la Huerta	Minister of War and Navy 1878–1879	Succeeded by Basilio Urrutia
Military offices
Preceded by Juan Vidaurre-Leal	Navy General Commander 1860–1861	Succeeded by Santiago Aldunate
Preceded by Manuel Baquedano	Army Inspector General 1881–1883	Succeeded by Emilio Sotomayor

[1] Historia del Ejército de Chile, page 46

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