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Voyages of Christopher Columbus: Navigator Christopher Columbus, sailing in the employ of Castile and Aragon, departed from Palos de la Frontera in search of a westward route to the East Indies.[2] -
Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World between themselves. -
Igapó War in the region of São Vicente. This war was caused because of the interruption of the treaty of Tordesillas. This webt on from 1534-1536 -
The first African slaves arrive in Pernambuco. -
The city of Salvador, Brazil's first capital, is founded by Tomé de Sousa. -
São Luís is founded by the French, who intend to make it the center of the Equinoctial France. They build a fort named Saint-Louis de Maragnan after King Louis XIII and his Saintly ancestor Louis IX. -
War of the Emboabas in modern-day Minas Gerais. 1707-1709 -
Jesuits are expelled from Brazil by the Marquis of Pombal. Indians left without protection. -
Brazilian and Portuguese forces conquer French Guiana -
Portugal enters a severe political crisis that obliges John VI and the royal family to return to Portugal. -
Ragamuffin War: Peace negotiations led by Lima e Silva and Antônio Vicente da Fontoura conclude with the signing of the Ponche Verde Treaty between the two sides, in Dom Pedrito -
Brazil conducts its first official census, the population is 9,930,478 -
The steamship Paraná, loaded with coffee and travelling in accordance with the demands made on neutral countries, is torpedoed by a German submarine; three Brazilians are killed. -
Anchieta rail disaster: A crowded steam-powered passenger train derails while crossing a bridge over the Pavuna River near Anchieta station,[226] sending two old wooden carriages broadside onto the adjacent line. A modern high-speed electric freight train travelling in the opposite direction ploughs into the wooden carriages, telescoping them upwards. The severity of the accident was compounded by the fact that the suburban train is overloaded, with passengers clinging to the sides. -
Brazil holds its first free presidential election since 1960. This marks the first time that all Ibero-American nations, excepting Cuba, have elected constitutional governments simultaneously. -
The first ever reported South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in southern Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina – the hurricane is dubbed Cyclone Catarina.