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Brigadier Juan Mackenna (October 26, 1771 – November 21, 1814) was an Irish-born, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered to have been the creator of the Corps of Military Engineers of the Chilean Army . Contents 1 Early life 1.1 Military career 2 Career in Chile 2.1 Revolutionary wars

Brigadier Juan Mackenna (26 October 1771 – 21 November 1814) was an Irish-born, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered to have been the creator of the Corps of Military Engineers of the Chilean Army. Contents Early life Military career Career in Chile Revolutionary wars

English: Brigadier Juan Mackenna (October 26, 1771 - November 21, 1814) was an Irishman, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

Juan Mackenna O'Reilly (nacido John Mackenna en inglés o Seán Mac Cionath en gaélico; Clogher, Condado de Tyrone, Reino de Irlanda (actual Irlanda del Norte ); 26 de octubre de 1771 - Buenos Aires, Argentina; 21 de noviembre de 1814 ), fue un ingeniero militar y general del ejército chileno durante la Guerra de Independencia.

El general Juan MacKenna El general Juan MacKenna. By Yáñez, Raúl Tellez. Buenos Aires, 1976. Editoral Francisco de Aguirre. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index

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Juan Mackenna was born in Ireland on October 26, 1771. Irish-born hero of the Chilean War of Independence who defeated royal forces at the Battle of Membrillar. He and James Wolfe were both war heroes. He studied in Spain at the Royal School of Mathematics and later trained as a military engineer at the Royal Military Academy.

A bust of Don Juan MacKenna (1771-1814), the Monaghan born Chilean revolutionary hero, engineer, soldier and statesman, was unveiled at the County Museum in Monaghan town on Thursday 5th August 2004, thus commemorating the memory of one of the greatest emigrants ever to have left the confines of the ‘County of the Little Hills’.