| Mapuche uprising of 1655 |
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| Part of the Arauco War |
| Date | February 14, 1655 – 1656 |
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| Result |
- Boroa permanently abandoned
- Mapuche Victory
- Lands between Bío Bío and Maule rivers ravaged
- Large numbers of Mapuche slaves liberated
- Governor Acuña Cabrera deposed twice
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| Belligerents |
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Mapuche rebels |
Spanish Empire |
| Commanders and leaders |
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- Clentaru
- Alejo
- Chicaguala
- Lebupillan
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- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century conflicts
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The Mapuche uprising of 1655 (Spanish: alzamiento mapuche de 1655 or levantamiento mapuche de 1655) was a series of coordinated Mapuche attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile. It was the worst military crisis in Chile in decades, and contemporaries even considered the possibility of a civil war among the Spanish. The uprising marks the beginning of a ten-year period of warfare between the Spanish and the Mapuche.
