Alejandro Gorostiaga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alejandro Gorostiaga

Chilean Army officer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1840

Place of Birth: La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1912

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alejandro Gorostiaga Orrego (May 12, 1840 - October 30, 1912), was a Chilean military officer born in La Serena.
He joined the Escuela Militar de Chile in 1857 till his retirement in 1878.
Alejandro Gorostiaga was of Basque descent.In 1879, colonel Gorostiaga joined the Chilean Army due to the War of the Pacific, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia.
In May of that year, Alejandro Gorostiaga was named commandant of the civic battalion Coquimbo Nº1. Participated in the "Asalto y Toma de Pisagua".
But the most important participation of this Chilean military was the Battle of Huamachuco, on July 10 of 1883 when Andrés Cáceres' Peruvian forces were defeated. Alejandro Gorostiaga died in 1912, Santiago.

José Mercedes Ortega Pereira (1856–1933)
Description	Chilean painter
Date of birth/death	1856	1 September 1933
Location of birth/death	Cauquenes	Santiago
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