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1500 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first Europe
an to discover Brazil.
1500 Portuguese
navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal
.
1502 Portuguese
explorers sailed into Guanabara Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro
1536 Portuguese
Crown divides Brazil into fifteen donatory captaincies.
1537 Recife is founded by the Portuguese in Brazil.
1549 Salvador is established as the first capital of Brazil.
1554 Jesuits found Sao Paulo in Brazil.
1654 Twenty-three Jew
ish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam
, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City
.
1727 1727 to 1800 - Lt. Col. Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggles coffee seeds to Brazil in a bouquet starting a coffee
empire.
1792 Tiradentes, prime figure in the Inconfidência Mineira plot, is executed in Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil.
1807 The Portuguese
Queen Maria I and the Court
embark at Lisbon
bound for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro
becomes the Portuguese
capital.
1817 City of Araraquara, Brazil founded.
1822 Brazil declares its independence from Portugal
(see Brazilian independence).
1822 Peter I is crowned as Emperor
of Brazil (see The reign of Pedro I, 1822-31.)
1825 Uruguay
declares independence from Brazil (See Uruguay's independence).
1828 South America: Brazil and Argentina
recognize the independence of Uruguay.
1831 Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor
of Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil
.
1840 Pedro II is declared "of age" prematurely and begins to reassert central control in Brazil.
1848 The Revolutions of 1848, a series of widespread but mostly failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary
.
1850 Entre Ríos Province in Argentina
revolts - it is backed by Brazil in alliance with Paraguay
and the Uruguay
an Colorado Party
1852 Battle of Caseros or Battle of Monte Caseros, Argentina
. The Argentinean provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeats Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel Rosas.
1864 Brazil invades Uruguay
in support of Venancio Flores
. Paraguay
attacks Brazil.
1865 Triple Alliance of Argentina
, Brazil and Uruguay
against Paraguay
is formally signed - War of the Triple Alliance
has already begun.
1866 May 2 Battle of Estero Bellaco. Paraguayan forces attack the vanguard of the Triple Alliance Army (Brazil, Argentina
and Uruguay
) War of the Triple Alliance
.
1872 In the aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance
, new government of Paraguay
makes peace with Brazil, grant reparations and territorial concessions
1888 Brazil abolishes slavery
.
1889 Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II
is deposed in a military coup (he was the second and last emperor of Brazil).
1896 After a long siege, Brazilian government troops take Canudos in north Brazil, crushing Antonio Conselheiro and his followers
1917 World War I: Brazil severs relations with Germany.
1917 World War I
: Brazil declared in state of war with Germany
.
1919 May 29 — Einstein's
theory of general relativity
is tested/confirmed by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse
in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
1927 August 26-Paul R. Redfern leaves Brunswick,Ga flying his Stinson Detroiter "Port of Brunswick" to attempt solo non-stop flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He later crashes in the Venezuela jungle, the crash site never located.
1927 The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Brazil.
1930 Brazil - Revolution of 1930 by Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
1932 Female suffrage in Brazil
1933 President of Brazil Getulio Vargas
names himself dictator
1941 World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS ''Robin Moor'' becomes the first United States
ship sunk by a German U-boat
.
in May 1941]]
1942 World War II
: Brazil declared war on Germany
and Italy
.
1943 Shipwrecked steward Poon Lim is rescued by Brazilian fishermen after he has been adrift for 130 days
1945 Getúlio Vargas
, president of Brazil, resigns.
1945 General Eurico Gaspar Dutra elected president of Brazil
1954 President of Brazil, Getulio Vargas
, commits suicide; he's been accused of conspiracy to murder an air force officer.
1957 The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.
1960 April 21 — In Brazil, the country's capital (Federal District) is shifted from Rio de Janeiro
to Brasília. The Estado da Guanabara (State of Guanabara) is founded to succeed Rio de Janeiro
as the Brazilian Federal District.
1960 October 3 — Jânio Quadros is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.
1960 December 13 — While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
is on a visit to Brazil, an unsuccessful revolt against his rule is attempted by his Imperial Guard. The rebels proclaim the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, as Emperor.
1960 December 17 — Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia
suppress the revolt that started on December 13, and give power back to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
1964 The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup, starting 21 years of dictatorship in Brazil.
1964 The Brazilian Congress elects General Humberto Castelo Branco as President of Brazil.
1965 Brazilian
president Branco removes power of parliament, legal courts and opposition parties.
1966 A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in Brazil.
1967 Brazilian police arrest Franc Paul Stangli, ex-commander of Treblinka and Sobibór concentration camps.
1967 Humberto Castelo Branco, ex-president of Brazil, dies in a plane accident near Fortaleza.
1971 Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago
. Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released January 16.
1974 Fire breaks out in the Joelman Bank Building in São Paulo, Brazil - 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
1975 In Brazil, the Estado da Guanabara (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of Rio de Janeiro
, under the name of Rio de Janeiro
. The state's capital moves from the city of Niterói to the city of Rio de Janeiro
.
1976 In Santiago
, capital of Chile
, Cruzeiro from Brazil wins River Plate from Argentina
and are the Copa Libertadores de América champions.
1980 Pope John Paul II visits Brazil; seven people are crushed to death in a crowd meeting him.
1988 Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendesis assassinated.
1989 Brazil holds its first free presidential election since 1960.
1989 Brazil holds its first free election in 29 years; Fernando Collor de Mello wins the election.
1991 A total Solar Eclipse
is seen in(Hawaii
, Mexico
, Central America
, Colombia
and Brazil).
1992 The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil.
1992 A riot breaks out in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo, Brazil, which leads up to the Carandiru Massacre.
1993 Candelaria Massacre: Brazilian police officers kill 8 street kids in Rio de Janeiro
.
1997 In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cruzeiro wins Sporting Cristal of Peru
by 1-0 and are Copa Libertadores de América champions by second time. ''South Park'' premieres on Comedy Central.
1998 One third of the Tower block "Palace II" collapses in Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil.
1999 In Brazil, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.
2003 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil.
2003 A rocket explosion kills 21 at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara, Brazil, due to the premature ignition of a solid rocket booster.
2003 A BSE
(mad cow disease) outbreak in Washington State
is announced. Several countries including Brazil, Australia
and Taiwan
ban the import of beef from the United States of America
.
2004 Brazil successfully launches its first rocket into spa
2005 in Brazil.
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