Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Wikipedia
Born: August 20, 1778, Chillán, Chile
Died: October 24, 1842 (age 64 years), Lima, Peru
Children: Pedro Demetrio O'Higgins and Petronila Riquelme
Education: Convictorio de San Carlos
Nationality: Chilean and Spanish
Organizations founded: Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Escuela Naval Arturo Prat