Brazil Timeline

By emma.argo
  • Apr 22, 1500

    Portuguese arrive in Brazil

    The Portuguese arrive in Brazil under the command of Pedro Alvares Cabral, who claimed this new land as his own.

  • Brazil gains independence

    Brazil breaks ties with Portugal, finally announcing its independence.

  • Slavory abolished

    Brazil was the last country in the western world to abolish slavery.

  • Brazil proclaims itself a republic

    Brazil proudly proclaims itself a republic.

  • Brazil joins World War I

    Brazil officially declares war on Germany in the First World War.

  • Brazil joins World War II

    Brazil declares war on the Axis in the Second World War.

  • Brazil joins the UN

    Brazil becomes a member of the United Nations Organisation.

  • Brazil get a new comstitution

    A new constitution is implemented in the country, which restores the rights of individuals.

  • Brazil is crowned world champions in football at the World Cup™ for the first time.

  • The capital city is moved to Brasilia

    The capital city is moved from Rio de Janeiro to the new city of Brasilia.

  • Distribution and consciousness of the new constitution is ensured

    The Constituent Assembly ensures a wide distribution and consciousness of the new constitution of Brazil, which gives its citizens more individual rights.

  • Dilma Rousseff becomes Brazil's first woman president.

    Dilma Rousseff becomes Brazil's first woman president.