1959 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President of Chile: Jorge Alessandri

January

 * 16 January - The 1959 FIBA World Championship is held in the country. The tournament takes place in the cities of Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción and Temuco.
 * 19 January – Interior Minister Enrique Ortuzar resigns on health grounds.

March

 * 6 March - It is inaugurated St.Matthew's College in the city of Osorno.

June

 * 13 June - The IANSA Linares plant is inaugurated.

July

 * 31 July - The D.F.L. No. 2. It is established as the deadline in which the building can be regularized as old according to the General Ordinance of Urban Planning and Construction.

August

 * August 21 - The Television Corporation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the second Chilean television channel, currently known as Canal 13, begins its transmissions.
 * August 22 - Regular broadcasts of UCV Television begin in the city of Valparaíso.

November

 * November 7 - Radio Andrés Bello begins its broadcasts.

December

 * December 1 - In Washington D.C., (United States), Chile signs the Antarctic Treaty. Through its provisions, the treaty prevents the denial or affirmation of sovereignty over the white continent.

Births

 * 1 January – Cecilia Serrano
 * 13 February – Luis Hormazábal
 * 20 May – Juan Carlos Letelier
 * 30 June – Rodrigo Jordan
 * 30 July – Sergio Pacheco
 * 1 October – Leo Caprile
 * 3 October – Luis Mosquera
 * 20 October – Ricardo J. Caballero
 * 1 December – Omar Aguilar

Deaths

 * 14 June – Jerónimo Méndez (b. 1887)