title: 1891 in Chile
text: # 1891 in Chile
  
  Events in the year 1891 in Chile.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Jose Manuel Balmaceda until August, Jorge Montt after August
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 18-September 16 - Chilean Civil War of 1891
  * March 6 - Battle of Pozo Almonte
  * April 23 - Battle of Caldera Bay
  * May 6 - Itata Incident: the steamer Itata is detained in San Diego on orders of United States State Department official John W. Foster
  * May 7 - Itata Incident: The Itata leaves San Diego for Chile
  * May 16 - Itata Incident: USS Charleston, a warship sent after the Itata, arrives in the Mexican port of Acapulco without finding the Itata
  * June 4 - United States Navy admiral George Brown convinces the Congressionalist Junta to give up the Itata.
  * July 3 - The vessel Maipo arrived in Iquique with arms and munitions for the Congressionalist Junta
  * August 21 - Battle of Concón
  * August 28 - Battle of Placilla
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * August 28 - Orozimbo Barbosa (born 1838)
  * September 19 - Jose Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (born 1840)
  