Chilean Civil War of 1891

Chilean Civil War
	; Picture of the rebel fleet attacking Valparaíso, late August 1891, published in Le Petit Journal.
Date	16 January–18 September 1891 (8 months, 2 days)
Location	Chilean Sea, Tarapacá, Atacama and Valparaíso Region
Result	Congressional victory; suicide of president José Manuel Balmaceda and beginning of the Parliamentary period.
Belligerents
Balmaceda Government	Congressional Junta
Commanders and leaders
José Manuel Balmaceda †; Orozimbo Barbosa †; José Miguel Alcérreca †; José Velásquez Bórquez; Eulogio Robles Pinochet †	Jorge Montt; Adolfo Holley; Estanislao del Canto; Emil Körner
Strength
40,000; 2 torpedo boats	~10,000; 1 monitor; 1 armoured frigate; 1 cruiser; 1 corvette; 1 battery ship; (January 1891)
Casualties and losses
	1 armoured frigate
	5,000

The Chilean Civil War of 1891 (also known as Revolution of 1891) was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manuel Balmaceda from 16 January 1891 to 18 September 1891. The war saw a confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Chilean Navy, siding with the president and the congress, respectively. This conflict ended with the defeat of the Chilean Army and the presidential forces, and with President Balmaceda committing suicide as a consequence of the defeat. In Chilean historiography the war marks the end of the Liberal Republic and the beginning of the Parliamentary Era.

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