What is Conquest of Chile?
[[File:Pedro de Valdivia(2).jpg|thumb|right|Pedro de Valdivia]] The '''Conquest of Chile''' was a period in the [[history of Chile]] that began when [[Pedro de Valdivia]] went to [[Chile]] in 1541. The conquest of Chile ended when [[Martín García Óñez de Loyola]] died in 1598 in the [[Battle of Curalaba]]. It could have also ended after the [[Destruction of the Seven Cities]] happened. During this time, [[Spain|Spaniards]] founded cities and started the [[Kingdom of Chile]]. Some cities were founded after the [[War of Arauco]]: [[Santiago|Santiago de la Nueva Extremadura]] (1541), [[La Serena, Chile|La Serena]] (1544), [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]] (1551), [[Carahue|La Imperial]], [[Villarrica, Chile|Valdivia]], [[Villarrica]] (1552), [[Angol|Los Confines]] (1553), [[Cañete, Chile|Cañete]] (1557), [[Osorno, Chile|Osorno]] (1558), [[Arauco, Chile|Arauco]] (1566), [[Castro, Chile|Castro]] (1567), [[Chillán]] (1580) and [[Santa Cruz de Oñez]] (1595) were some of the cities made. This period ended with the death of Loyola and the loss of their seven cities in [[Araucanía (historic region)|Araucanía]]. The [[War of Arauco]] continued but the Spanish were never able to recover their control in the Araucanía, at the south of the [[River of Bío Bío]]. [[Category:16th-century rebellions]] [[Category:History of Chile]] [[Category:16th century in Spain]] [[Category:16th century in South America]] {{history-stub}}