The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Chile.
Incumbents President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Events March 3 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1957 April 2 April and 3 April - The so-called "battle of Santiago" takes place. Due to the economic crisis in the country, protests took place that left more than 20 dead and serious clashes with the police. In the last hours of April 3, President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo is forced to declare a state of siege and take the army out into the streets July 24 July - Influenza outbreak in the port of Valparaíso. Between August and September it would expand to all of Chile. 28 July - Christian Democratic Party is founded. October 5 October - In Valparaíso, UCV Televisión, the first Chilean television channel, begins its transmissions.
December 22 December – Two buses collide near San Antonio, killing 21.
Births date unknown – Roberto Brodsky 3 January – Héctor Hoffens 13 July – Benedicto Villablanca 8 August – Roberto Rojas 25 August – Lizardo Garrido 2 November – Osvaldo Heriberto Hurtado Galeguillo 5 December – Raquel Argandoña 21 December – Roberto Cifuentes
Deaths 10 January – Gabriela Mistral, poet (born 1889) 9 April – Pedro Opaso (born 1876) 12 May – Guillermo Saavedra (born 1903) 10 July – Ernesto Chaparro (born 1901) 25 September – Max Westenhöfer (born 1871)
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