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  2. Brazilian War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The Brazilian War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência do Brasil) was an armed conflict that led to the separation of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. The war was fought across various regions of Brazil, including Bahia, Maranhão, Pará, Piauí, and Cisplatina (present-day Uruguay), with ...

  3. Libertadores - Wikipedia

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    The Guayaquil conference (1822) between Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín, the greatest libertadores (liberators) of Spanish America.. Libertadores (Spanish pronunciation: [liβeɾtaˈðoɾes] ⓘ, "Liberators") were the principal leaders of the Spanish American wars of independence from Spain and of the movement in support of Brazilian independence from Portugal.

  4. Independence of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Upon the declaration of the independence, the authority of the new regime only extended to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and the adjacent provinces. The rest of Brazil remained firmly under the control of Portuguese juntas and garrisons. It would take a war to put the whole of Brazil under Pedro's control.

  5. Latin American wars of independence - Wikipedia

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    The Latin American wars of independence may collectively refer to all of these anti-colonial military conflicts during the decolonization of Latin America around the early 19th century: Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833), multiple related conflicts that resulted in the independence of most of the Spanish Empire 's American colonies

  6. List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Federalist Revolution (1893–95) War of Canudos (1896–97) Vaccine Revolt (1904) Revolt of the Lash (1910) Contestado War (1912–1916) Juazeiro Sedition (1913-1914) Anarchist General Strikes (1917–19) Lieutenant Revolts (1922–1927) Revolution of 1930

  7. Spanish American wars of independence - Wikipedia

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    Brazil's independence in particular shared a common starting point with that of Spanish America, since both conflicts were triggered by Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, which forced the Portuguese royal family to flee to Brazil in 1807. The process of Latin American independence took place in the general political and intellectual ...

  8. List of wars involving Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Emergence of Brazil as the hegemonic power in the Platine region. Uruguayan War (1864–1865) Brazil Colorados Unitarians Argentina Uruguay Blancos Federalists Paraguay (support) Victory. Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party; Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan ...

  9. Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese crown remained in Brazil from 1808 until the Liberal Revolution of 1820 led to the return of John VI of Portugal on 26 April 1821. [ 2 ] : 321 For thirteen years, Rio de Janeiro functioned as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in what some historians call a metropolitan reversal (i.e., a colony ...