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Pedro Alvares Cabral (1460-1526), Portuguese explorer and master of the Nina in the Columbus expedition of 1492, discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal
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The Dutch conquer Salvador
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The great Brazilian general Henrique Dias won a decisive battle against the Dutch
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Overthrow of the King of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte
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Brazil won their Independence
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Charles Darwin began a trip through Rio de Janeiro
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Slavery was abolished in Brazil and more than 4 million slaves were freed
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Brazilian monarchy was overthrown and a republic was established
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The 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro was unveiled on the top of Corcovado Mountain as a Brazilian monument to one hundred years independence from Portugal
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Military coup in Brazil led by General Humberto Castello Branco
A military dictatorship ruled in Brazil until 1985
