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1500
Pedro Cabral claims Brazil-- Explorer Pedro Cabral lands in Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Brazilian History Timeline
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1530
There's an expedition led by Martim Afonso de Sousa and this marks the first Portuguese settlements in Brazil
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1549
Tomé de Sousa sailed to Brazil to establish a central government. He brought along Jesuits, who set up missions.
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1550
The first sugarcane farms were established. They got slaves from Africa for the sugarcane farming.
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1555
French forces occupy Rio de Janeiro harbor. Two years later, Portugal regains control and establishes the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Dutch withdraw from Brazil. After several years of war with Portuguese the Dutch withdrew over Brazil.
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Gold is discovered in Brazil's interior.
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Portugal gives up Colonia do Sacramento in the Treaty of Utrecht (aka Spanish Succession)
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Coffee introduced to Brazil
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The Minas Conspiracy was a group inspired by the U.S. Revolution. These Brazilians wanted to become independent of Portugal. Sadly they failed.
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France invades Portugal. John VI flees to Brazil with his family including his son Pedro.
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Brazil becomes part of the Portuguese Kingdom called: The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
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Pedro I declares Brazil Independent from Portugal. Pedro refused to obey the Cortes. He said: “Tell the people that I am staying.”
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Pedro writes the first Brazilian constitution
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Pedro II becomes the king of Brazil when he was 6
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South America’s War of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay.
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After the American Civil War some southerners moved to Brazil
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May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil. Some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the western hemisphere.
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Nov 15th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown
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Oct 12th, the Rio de Janeiro 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain
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Brazilian women won the right to vote!
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Aug 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. They were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe.
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In 1945, military dictator Vargas is deposed by the military in a surprise coup.
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In 1950 Vargas is democratically elected as President.
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Vargas' death energized the opposition against the military, and saved the country from bloodshed for an additional ten years.
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In order to centralize the power and not favor a region, the capital is moved to Brasilia in 1960.
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Humberto Castelo Branco who from 1964 to 1967 served as the military dictator
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In 1985, civilian government was restored.
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In 2010, Dilma Rousseff was elected, the first woman in Brazilian history to become president.
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