Brazil Timeline

Brazil Timeline


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1500 22nd April: Pedro Alvares Cabral (1460-1526), Portuguese explorer and master of the Nina in the Columbus expedition of 1492, discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal
 
1540 Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca appointed governor of the Brazilian province of Rio de la Plata
 
1550 African slaves were transported to Brazil to work sugar plantations
1624 The Dutch conquer Salvador
1636 November 17: The great Brazilian general Henrique Dias won a decisive battle against the Dutch
1661 August 6: Holland sold Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guildas
1763 The Brazilian capital was changed from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro
1789 Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier led the first Brazilian rebellion against Portugal
1792 Jose da Silva Xavier was hung, drawn and quartered by the Portuguese
1810 Overthrow of the King of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte
1822 September 7: Brazil declares its independence from Portugal
1822 1822-1889 Pedro I ruled Brazil starting the period of the Brazilian monarchy
1832 April 8: Charles Darwin began a trip through Rio de Janeiro
1888 May 13: Slavery was abolished in Brazil and more than 4 million slaves were freed
1889 November 15: Brazilian monarchy was overthrown and a republic was established
1931 October 12:  The 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro was unveiled on the top of Corcovado Mountain as a Brazilian monument to one hundred years independence from Portugal
 
1964 April 2: Military coup in Brazil led by General Humberto Castello Branco
A military dictatorship ruled in Brazil until 1985


Brazil Timeline

Brazil Timeline
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