Reconquest (Chile)

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Captaincy General of Chile Capitanía General de Chile Reconquest Reconquista
1814–1817
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Santiago de Chile
Common languages	Spanish Indigenous languages (Quechuan languages, Aymara, Mapudungun, Kawésqar, Yaghan)
Government	Monarchy
King
• 1814-1817	Ferdinand VII
Royal Governor
• 1814-1815	Mariano Osorio
• 1815-1817	Francisco Marcó del Pont
History
• Battle of Rancagua	October 2 1814
• Battle of Chacabuco	February 12 1817
ISO 3166 code	CL
Preceded by Succeeded by Patria Vieja Patria Nueva

Spanish Reconquest or just Reconquest (Spanish: Reconquista) is the name of a period of Chilean history that started in 1814 with the royalist victory at the Battle of Rancagua and ended in 1817 with the patriot victory at the Battle of Chacabuco.During this period, the defenders of the Spanish Empire reestablished their dominion in Chile after said country had separated itself from the Spanish Crown, installed its First National Government Board in 1810—the first institution of self-government in Chile, created its First Congress National in 1811 and subsequently elected its first supreme director, Francisco de la Lastra, in 1814.

Authors such as the Chileans Julio Heise and Jaime Eyzaguirre prefer to call the period Absolutist Restoration, considering it merely the return to power of the royalists.