, who takes office as "Vice President of the Republic of Chile".
22 January - Due to the strike of the workers of the Mapocho Saltpeter Offices and Humberstone, who sued Cosatan for the rise in prices in the grocery stores, the Minister of Labor Mariano Bustos annuls the legal personality of the unions. Due to the failure of the Communist senators Elías Lafertte and Pablo Neruda
, the workers call for a march on the 28th of the month.
, after a march by various nitrate unions from Plaza Los Artesanos, the police, following superior orders, fired on the workers, killing 6 people in what is known as the Plaza Bulnes Massacre.
June
Juan Antonio Rios
, unable to finish his presidential term. 3 days of national mourning are decreed.
Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez
, Minister of the Interior of Juan Antonio Ríos, takes possession of the country, his first act is the call for presidential elections for September 4 of the same year.
August
August 2 - At 3:19 p.m. local time, an earthquake measuring 8.3 degrees on the Richter scale with an epicenter in the Chilean Sea, near the town of Caldera, affecting the entire northern part of the country; and causing the death of 8 people. Minutes later, a Tsunami with waves up to 2 meters high affected the coasts of that area of the country.
