Mariano Osorio
Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano (As Captain General) | |
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| Succeeded by | Francisco Marcó del Pont |
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| Born | 1777 Brigadier General |
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| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Battles/wars | Peninsular War
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Mariano de Osorio (Latin American Spanish: [maˈɾjano ðe oˈsoɾjo]; 1777–1819) was a Spanish general and Governor of Chile, from 1814 to 1815.
Early career
Osorio was born in Seville, Spain. He joined the Spanish army and as many of his contemporaries, his military career began during the Spanish Peninsular War in 1808 as an artillery general, as well as the professor for mathematics in the military school. In 1810, was appointed head of the military factory of Catalonia. In 1812, was destined to the Royal Army in Peru.
In 1812 he resettled in
Chile
With Osorio's victory at Rancagua, the period known as "reconquest" (Reconquista) of Chile had begun. Osorio sought to reinstate order and justice and with military measures he prevented the onslaught of the insurgents.[2]
In 1816 he returned to
The
Osorio proceeded to Cuba, where he died in 1819 of malaria.
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh (1910). The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. At the University Press. p. 154.
- ISBN 978-1-78138-744-3.
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