19th Century Brazil: Economic Changes By lsmith1 Dec 31, 1807 With Brits Protecting Brazil, Mass Middle Class Migration From Portugal Jan 1, 1810 Treaty With London Opens Brazilian Ports To Trade Jan 1, 1816 2/3s of Transatlantic Ships Anchored In Rio Are Foreign Jan 1, 1819 First Steamship: Bahia de Todos os Santos Jan 1, 1833 to 1889, Value of Foreign Trade Increases Six to Seven Times Jan 1, 1841 First Coffee Planter Elevated to Nobility (Goncalves de Morais) Jan 1, 1851 Bank of Brazil Oct 30, 1854 First Railroad Oct 30, 1854 First Streetlights Oct 30, 1857 First National Telegraph System Jan 1, 1858 Central School Opens (Engineers) Dec 1, 1861 National Exposition, Brazil A World Economic Power Jan 1, 1865 Sir Richard Francis Burton (UK) Surveys Mina Gerais Jan 1, 1868 Rio's Population: 600,000 Jun 23, 1874 Dom Pedro II Dicates Telegram That Reaches Europe Oct 30, 1875 Monetary Instability Causes Economic Panic Jan 1, 1877 1st Agricultural School Opens Oct 30, 1882 250.000 Sponsored Immigrants Come To Brazil Jan 1, 1889 At Monarchy Fall, Coffee Accounts For 2/3s of Exports Oct 30, 1889 On Cusp of Going to Gold Standard, Crown Overthrown Jan 1, 1890 Cotton 15% of Exports, From 0.05% in 1840's
