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1500
1500: Pedro lands in Brazil
Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500 - 1700
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1530
1530: Villages
Martim Afonso de Sousa makes the first villages. -
1549
1549: Government
Tome de Sousa was sent to establish a central goverenment. -
1550
mid 1500: Slaves
Slaves come to brazil. -
1555
1555: French Invasion
The French try and fail to take Brazil. -
1654: Dutch
The Dutch pull out of the war. -
1695: Gold
Gold was discovered in Brazil. -
Period: to
1700 - 1850
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1705: Portugal gives up city
1705 – Portugal gives up Colonia del Sacramento in the Treaty of Utrecht (aka Spanish Succession) -
1727: Coffee
Coffee was introduced to Brazil. -
1798: Revolution
The Minas Conspiracy fails. -
1807: Invasion
France invades Portugal. -
1815: Portuguese Brazil
Brazil becomes part of the Portuguese Kingdom. -
1822: Independence
Pedro l declares Brazil Independent from Portugal. -
1824: Constitution
Pedro l writes the first Brazilian Constitution. -
Period: to
1850 - 1950
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Date #1 The war of the triple alliance
South America’s War of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay. -
Date #2 Slavery in Brazil
After the American civil war some southerners moved to brazil -
Date #3 end of Slavery
May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil. Some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the western hemisphere. -
Date #4 the end of the monarcy
Nov 15th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, emperor dom Pedro ll was overthrown -
Date #5 Christ the Redeemer Statue
Oct 12th, the Rio de Janeiro 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain -
Date #6 Brazilian Women Suffrage
Brazilian women won the right to vote! -
Date #7 World War ll
Aug 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. -
1945 Vargas
Vargas is deposed by the military in a surprise coup -
1950: Vargas as president
1950- Vargas is democratically elected as president -
Period: to
1950 - 2021
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1954: Vargas faces another coup
1954 Vargas faces another coup, he chose to end his own life. -
1960: Capital moved to Brasilia
1960 Capital moved to Brasilia, from Rio de Janeiro -
1964: military coup
1964, military coup took over Brazil's government -
1985: Civilian government
1985- Civilian government was restored -
2010: the first woman president
2010- Dilma Rousseff elected, the first woman in Brazilian history to become President -
1985-today: presidential terms
1985-today, Currently six presidential terms have taken place since 1985