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Royal Government in Colonial Brazil with Special Reference to the Administration of the Marquis of Lavradio, Viceroy 1769–1779. 1968. Bethell, Leslie, ed. Colonial Brazil. 1987. Boxer, C. R. Salvador de Sá and the struggle for Brazil and Angola, 1602–1686. [London] University of London, 1952. Boxer, C. R. The Dutch in Brazil, 1624–1654 ...
Brazilian Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. 1 July: Brazil introduces its new currency, the Real. [257] 17 July: Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy by 3–2 in penalties (full-time 0–0). 1995: 1 January: Fernando Henrique Cardoso becomes President ...
In the 1950s after Vargas' second period (this time, ... Timeline of Brazilian history ... Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500–1822 (University ...
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.
Brazil would keep its high standing in exports and general economic growth until the end of the monarchy. [193] Brazilian economic expansion, especially after 1850, compared well with that of the United States and European nations. [194] The national tax revenue amounted to Rs 11.795:000$000 in 1831 and rose to Rs 160.840:000$000 in 1889.
In 1815, this resulted in Brazil being declared a co-kingdom with Portugal, raising it from its former colonial status. [12] This was an embodiment of Brazil's growing independence from Portugal, which intensified after the royal family's return to Europe in 1821. [10] [12]
In 1775, the three colonies of Portuguese America (the State of Brazil, the State of Maranhão and Piauí; and the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro) were united into a singular colony, under the State of Brazil. This arrangement would last until the end of Colonial Brazil. As a result, Brazil did not split into several countries, as happened ...
A History of Modern Brazil, 1889-1964. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0238-6. E. Bradford Burns (1993). "Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History". A History of Brazil. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07954-9. Robert M. Levine (2003). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of Brazil. Palgrave Macmillan.