18th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1709 | Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, is rescued from the Robinson Crusoe Island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago. | |
| 1712 | A Huilliche rebellion occurs in Chiloé Archipelago. | |
| 1722 | 5 April | Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is discovered by Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen. |
| 1723 | After 30 years of peace the War of Arauco continues with a mapuche uprising. | |
| 1740 | Valdivia is reincorpored to the Captaincy General of Chile. | |
| 1749 | A fort and prison is established in Robinson Crusoe Island of Juan Fernández Archipelago. | |
| 1751 | 1751 Concepción earthquake affects all of Chile between Concepción and Talca. | |
| 1767 | The Spanish empire exiles all Jesuits. Ancud is founded. Chiloé becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. | |
| 1771 | The Franciscan order assumes the religious functions of the Jesuits in Chiloé. | |
| 1776 | The territories of Cuyo, previously governed as part of Chile, become part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. (See History of Argentina.) | |
| 1778 | Direct commerce between Chile and Spain is allowed. | |
| 1789 | Start of the French Revolution, which affected Europe and the Americas with its ideals. | |
| 1792 | A Huilliche rebellion occurs in the surroundings of Río Bueno. | |
| 1793 | The parliaments of Negrete and Las Canoas between Spanish and native Mapuche and Huilliche are celebrated. The native chiefs accepts the Spanish king as their de jure king, but their own independence is also confirmed. | |
| 1796 | Osorno is officially repopulated after that works begun in 1792. The city had previously been destroyed by the indigenous mapuche in 1602. |
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