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Apr 22, 1500
Arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil
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Jan 1, 1530
Colonization starts
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Jan 1, 1549
Sugarcane cycle of production
This cycle lasted for nearly two centuries. -
Jan 1, 1559
Arrival of the first African slaves
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Gold cycle
It lasted for nearly a century and a half. -
Portuguese royal family moves to Brazil
They were running away from Napoleon Bonaparte's forces, that invaded Portugal. The royal family stayed here for 13 years. -
Independence of Brazil
Pedro I, the son of the king of Portugal, becomes the emperor of Brazil. -
Slavery is abolished in Brazil
Brazil was the last country to do so. -
Proclamation of the Republic