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The first flag was publicly blessed by the dean of the Recife cathedral on 21 March 1817. [8] In 1917, the same flag became the official banner of the current state. According to its physical description, the flag's features signify the following: "The blue color in the upper rectangle symbolizes the grandeur of the Pernambuco sky.
When Noronha learned of the revolt taking place in the captaincy of Pernambuco, he did not wait for the king's order to organize the repression. He sent troops to Pernambuco by land and sea. On 16 April 1817, it was possible to see a brig and two corvettes arriving to blockade Recife. By the end of the month, the brig and the corvettes joined a ...
[35] [36] Despite this, a printing press was established in Pernambuco by 1817, later becoming the Diário de Pernambuco which claims to be the "oldest continuously circulating daily in Latin America." [37] Under the Empire of Brazil, Recife became the home of the second law school in Brazil. [38]
Gervásio Pires Ferreira (26 June 1765 – 9 March 1836), better known as Gervásio Pires, was a Brazilian merchant and politician, President of the Junta that governed Pernambuco from 28 October 1821 until its deposition 17 September 1822. He participated in the Pernambuco Revolt of 1817, where he was arrested.
The Captaincy of Alagoas (Portuguese: Capitania de Alagoas) was created on September 16, 1817, from the dismemberment of the Captaincy of Pernambuco. The capital was located in the current city of Marechal Deodoro under the name of Santa Maria Madalena da Lagoa do Sul. [1] [2] [3]
D. Luís do Rego Barreto, 1st Viscount of Geraz do Lima (28 October 1777 – 7 September 1840), better known as General Luís do Rego, was a Portuguese nobleman, military officer and colonial administrator who distinguished himself in the fight against the Invasion of Portugal by the French in 1807, and was Governor of Pernambuco from 1817 to 1821, when he was deposed.
It remained there a short time, given the prospect of appointment to the same chair in Recife, which failed to materialize by the Pernambuco Revolt of 1817. Caneca shared liberal and republican ideas, and attended the Academia do Paraíso , one of the meeting places of those who, influenced by the American and French revolutions, conspired ...
The square is named after André de Albuquerque Maranhão, who fought with the rebels of the Pernambucan revolt in 1817. [3] André was the master of the Cunhaú mill and one of the main figures of the revolt in Rio Grande do Norte, along with Miguel Joaquim de Almeida Castro, better known as Padre Miguelinho. [4] [3]