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Period: 1500 to
Brazilian History
pedro cabral claims bazil--
Explorer pedro cabral lands
in brazil and claims it for portugal -
Period: 1500 to
1500-1700
pedro cabral claims bazil--
Explorer pedro cabral lands
in brazil and claims it for portugal -
Period: 1500 to
1549
in 1549, tome de sousa sailed to brazil to establish a cemtral government de sousa brought along jesuit, who set up missions
saved many natives from slavery, studied native languaes, and convert many natives to roman catholicim -
Period: 1500 to
1549
in 1549, tome de sousa sailed to brazil to establish a cemtral government de sousa brought along jesuit, who set up missions saved many natives from slavery, studied native languaes, and convert many natives to roman catholicim -
Period: 1500 to
1555
in 1555 french forces occupy Rio dee janiro harbor
two years later , portugal regains control and establishes the city of rio de janeiro -
Period: 1500 to
1530
1530 an expedition
by martim Afonse de sousa
arrived in Brazil to patrol
the entire coast, ban the french create the first colonial villages like sao vicente on the coast
this marks the first portuguese settlements in Brazil -
Period: 1500 to
1500
mid 1500s
the first sugarcane farms were establish
at the portuguese tried to enslave the native population
after a while they gave up and began to import slaves from africa
while slavery has ended brazil is still the larges sugarcane producer in the world to day -
Period: to
1700
Portugal gives up Colonia do Sacramento the of Utrecht -
Period: to 1500
1654
1654 dutch withdraw from Brazil
after several years of war with portugese the dutch withdrew -
Period: to 1500
1695
1695 gold is discovered in Brazil interior -
Period: to
1807
France invades Portugal -
Period: to
1822
Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal -
Period: to
1824
Pedro writes first Brazilian costitution -
Period: to
1727
coffee introduced to brazil. -
Period: to
1798
minas conspiracy fails -
Period: to
1815
brazil becomes part of the Portuguese kingdom -
Period: to
1841
Coronation of Pedro II, son of Pedro I
Pedro II became king! -
Period: to
1865-1870
1865-1870
South America’s War of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay.
The Triple Alliance believed Paraguay was undermining the region’s political stability. The war ended in crushing defeat of Paraguay with as much as 90% of its adult male population killed! -
Period: to
1888
May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil. Some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the western hemisphere. -
Period: to
1889
Nov 15th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a Republic. -
Period: to
1932
Brazilian women won the right to vote!
Women had long been without many rights, until lawyer Berta Lutz organized educated women to campaign for suffrage. -
Period: to
1942
Aug 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers.
They were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe. -
Period: to
1865-1875
1865-1875
After the American Civil War, some southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slavery was still permitted. -
Period: to
1931
Oct 12th, the Rio de Janeiro
A 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain as a belated monument to 100 years of independence from Portugal (1822).
It was designed by Brazilian artist Carlos Oswald and French sculptor Paul Landowski. -
Period: to
1950-Present date 2
in 1950 Vargas is democratically elected as President
Vargas announces a plan to industrialize the nation and nationalize the countries natural resources -
Period: to
1954 date 3
In 1954, Vargas faces another coup:
He realized a military coup was coming and that it would be bad—
so he resigned -
Period: to
Brazil timeline 1950 2015
Vargas dies and brazil is saved for 10 yrs -
Period: to
date 4 1960
from 1763 to 1960 Rio de Janeiro was the capital -
Period: to
5 date 1964
this opened an era military dictatorships -
Period: to
date 7 2010
in 2010 the Dilma Rousseff was elected the first woman in Brazilian history to become president -
Period: to
Date #1—1945 In 1945,
Vargas is deposed by the military in a surprise coup -
Period: to
date 4 1960
from 1763 to 1960 Rio de Janeiro was the capital -
Period: to
date 6 1985
in 1985 the civilian government was restored this was the beginning of the new republic