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The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II .
Flag map of the Empire of Brazil: Date: 26 January 2012, 02:37 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg: Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg: Author: File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg; File:Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg
The provinces of Brazil were the primary subdivisions of the country during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889). [ 1 ] On February 28, 1821, the provinces were established in the Kingdom of Brazil (then part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ), superseding the captaincies that were in place at the time.
The land now known as Brazil was claimed by the Portuguese for the first time on 23 April 1500 when the Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. Permanent settlement by the Portuguese followed in 1534, and for the next 300 years they slowly expanded into the territory to the west until they had established nearly all of the frontiers which constitute modern Brazil's borders.
Proclamation of the Piratini Republic.Antônio Parreiras.. The Riograndense Republic, [1] often called the Piratini Republic (Portuguese: República Rio-Grandense or República do Piratini), was a de facto state that seceded from the Empire of Brazil and roughly coincided with the present state of Rio Grande do Sul.
The Imperial House of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin, a branch of the House of Braganza, that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822 to 1889, from the time when the then Prince Royal Dom Pedro of Braganza (later known as Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) declared Brazil's independence, until Dom Pedro II was deposed during the ...
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