Mapuche win the Battle of Río Bueno
Jan. 11, 1654
La Araucana : poema / de D. Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga. Ed. ilustrada. Madrid : Impr. y Libr. de J. Gaspar Editor, 1884. 168 p.
Spanish forces, including Native auxiliaries, crossing the Bueno River on a pontoon bridge are defeated by Mapuche warriors. The victory inspires the Mapuche uprising of the following year.