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Jay Kay (born 1969), singer; Portuguese father; João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842), composer; Joaquim José Antunes (1725–1790), harpsichord maker; Jorge Palma (born 1950), singer, pianist and songwriter; José Afonso (1929–1987), aka Zeca Afonso, composer, player; Luciana Abreu (born 1985), singer, composer, actress, TV host
The Dutch West India Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil. [44] 1625: 30 April: The Portuguese recapture Salvador from the Dutch, with the help of a combined Spanish and Portuguese force, consisting of 52 ships and 12,500 men. [45] 1630: The Dutch West India Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds ...
Portuguese Brazilians Luso-brasileiros; Total population; 5 million Brazilians (2.5% of the population) have recent Portuguese ancestry (at least one grandparent) and are eligible to obtain Portuguese citizenship. [1] [2] [3] Exact number of Brazilians with Portuguese ancestry unknown due to many having ancestry going back to Portuguese settlers.
This page lists Brazil citizens of Portuguese ancestry or national origin. Note that current day Brazil was a territory of Portugal from the 16th century to the 19th century. Note that current day Brazil was a territory of Portugal from the 16th century to the 19th century.
Year Date Event 80 to 72 BC: The Sertorian War takes place, with Quintus Sertorius, a Roman general, rebelling against Rome with the support of the Lusitanians.: 27 BC: Augustus replaces the old Hispania Ulterior and Citerior division with a new one: Lusitania (Centre and South of modern Portugal and some territory of Modern Spain, namely the capital of Lusitania, Mérida), Baetica (only ...
The monarchs of Brazil (Portuguese: monarcas do Brasil) were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves until the republican coup d'état that overthrew the Empire of Brazil in 1889.
The Brazilian nobility originated from the Portuguese nobility, during the time of colonial Brazil; the noble titles were a sign of political power among the elite. Some of the nobles were members of Portuguese noble lineages and even of the high nobility, especially the families that arrived during the first centuries of the colonization of Bahia, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São ...
The House of Braganza brought numerous titles to the Portuguese Crown some honorary, such as the attribution of the title of Rex Fidelissimus (His Most Faithful Majesty), and royal titles, such as King of Brazil and then de jure Emperor of Brazil. After the demise of the Portuguese monarchy, in 1910, Portuguese monarchists launched a counter ...