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The 1 un escudo bill shows the Naveal Commando (Arturo Prat)
Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón (April 3, 1848, near Ninhue - May 21, 1879, Iquique, Peru) was a Chilean navy officer. He was killed at the Naval Battle of Iquique after jumping on board of the Peruvian armored monitor Huáscar after his ship, the Esmeralda, was rammed by the Peruvian monitor. Prat, as captain of the Esmeralda, was the first to board the Huáscar. He was killed shortly after boarding.
Manuel Bulnes Prieto (December 25, 1799 - October 18, 1866) was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1841-1846 and 1846-1851.
Born in Concepción, he served as the president of Chile between 1841 and 1851. At the age of 16 he was imprisoned as a revolutionary by the Spanish authorities, but was soon released, and in 1818 joined the army of San Martin under whom he served as colonel throughout the Chilean War of Independence. After three years of continuous warfare (1820-23), he accomplished the temporary conquest of the Arucanian Indians. He was appointed brigadier general in 1831; commanded the Chilean army in 1838 sent against Gen. Santa Cruz in Peru; and, after taking Lima and winning the battles of Huaraz and Puente del Buin, combined his forces with those of Gamarra and defeated Santa Cruz at the Battle of Yungay (January 19, 1839), thus putting an end to the confederation between Peru and Bolivia.He died in Santiago.
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842), South American independence leader, was one of the commanders – together with José de San Martín – of the military forces that freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–23), O'Higgins was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. Plus he was born in County Sligo in Ireland.
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