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Explorer Pedro Cabral lands in Brazil and claims it for Portugal. -
In 1530, an expedition led by Martim Afonso do Sousa arrived in Brazil to patrol the entire coast, ban the French, and create the first colonial villages like Sao Vicente on the Coast. This marks the first Portuguese settlements in Brazil. -
The first sugarcane farms were established. At first, the Portuguese tried to enslave the native population. -
In 1549, Tome deSousa sailed. to Brazil to establish a central government De Sousa brought along Jesuits, who set up missions, saved many Natives from slavery, studied native languages, and converted many natives to Roman Catholicism. -
In 1555, French forces occupied Rio de Janeiro harbor. Two years later, Portugal regained control and established the city of Rio de Janeiro. -
Dutch withdrew from Brazil. Starting in the late 1500s, the sugar production in the Dutch began some commercial sugar production in the Brazilian Northeast. From 1630-1654 they set up permanently in Recife and controlled large stretches of Brazil. After several years of war with the Portuguese, the Dutch withdrew. -
In 1695 gold was discovered in Brazil's interior. WAAHOOOO!!!!!! -
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Portugal gives up Colonia do Sacramento in the Treaty of Utrecht (aka Spanish Succession) -
This wouldn't change much at first, but 100 years later, it would have a huge impact. -
The Minas Conspiracy was a group inspired by the U.S. Revolution. These Brazilians wanted to become independent of Portugal. Sadly they failed. -
John VI flees to Brazil with his family including his son Pedro. -
Brazil became part of the Portuguese Kingdom called: The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. -
Pedro refused to obey the Cortes. He said: "Tell the people that I am staying." -
Pedro I Wrote the First Brazilian Constitution. -
Coronation of Pedro II, son of Pedro I -
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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 the crushing defeat of Paraguay with as much as 90% of its adult male population killed! -
After the American Civil War, some Southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slavery was still permitted. -
On May 13th slavery was abolished in Brazil. some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the Western Hemisphere. -
November 15th, in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a Republic. -
On October 12th, the Rio do Janeiro 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain as a belated monument to 100 years of independence from Portugal (1822). -
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. -
On August 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. they were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe. -
In 1945, military dictator Vargas was deposed by the military in a surprise coup. -
In 1950, Vargas was democratically elected as President. Vargas announced a plan to industrialize the nation and nationalize the country's natural resources. -
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Vargas' death energized the opposition against the military and saved the country from bloodshed for an additional ten years. -
From 1763 to 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital. In order to centralize the power and not favor a region, the capital is moved to Brazillio in 1960. -
Humberto Castelo Branco, who from 1964 to 1967 served as the military dictator. there was a slow move to liberal democracy, but in 1964, the military finally pulled off their coup. -
In 1985, civilian government was restored. This was the beginning of the New Republic. -
In 2010, Dilma Rousseff was elected, the first woman in Brazilian history to become president.