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Jan 25, 1494
Papal Treaty of Tordesillas
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Jun 28, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci's observations are publised in Munus Novas
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Aug 15, 1510
The daughter of Chief Tibirica of Tupinkin Goiana marries Joao Ramalho
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Aug 29, 1534
Crown divides Brazil into 13 territories
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Apr 27, 1542
Duarte Coello sends letters to the crown pleading for recognition, money and power, but gets no response
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Jun 14, 1549
First arrival of Jesuit missionaries
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Apr 30, 1556
The first Bishop arriving in Brazil is killed
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Sep 28, 1570
Agricultual producers starts to import slaves
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Castivo Cardosada de Boroos crushes the last indian ressistance in the Beapeda hills
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The Holy Inquisition visits Brazil
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Portugese merchants and colonists dependant on African slave trade
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Capoeira starts to be used by Quilambos, communities of runaway slaves
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192 sugar mills are in operation and are exporting 100,000 tons a year
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Dutch meeting with 20 Amerindian chiefs
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The Price of African slaves goes up and bandeirantes give up and start hunting for minerals
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Jesuits entrusted to bring Indians from the interior into their missions
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Cariri raid on cattle ranches, killing 100 colonists and 30000 cattle
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Palamares Quilambo leader Zimbi is killed, and the 80 year old runaway slave community ends
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First discoveries of gold in Minas Gerias, one of the most successful mines in Brazil
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Crown requires passports and legitamite business reasons to let people go to Brazil, bans Clercs and Priests
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Indian rebellion led by mission educated Mandu Hadino lasts for 7 years.
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Dom Joao requires that priests pay $200 annually to the Royal exchequer
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Indians go to war against the Crown
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The Treaty of Madrid hands over half of South America to portugese colonists
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Refused rights to create new mines at Itabaiana and Castelo due to their location near the coast
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King reevaluates salaries of judicial officials in the mines
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Treaty of San Ildofonso resets spanish and portuguese boundries
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African decendants account for 41.1 percent of mines, and 34 percent of the total population