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Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães (18 October 1836 – 22 January 1891) was a Brazilian military officer and political thinker. Primarily a positivist, influenced heavily by Auguste Comte, he was the founder of the positivist movement in Brazil (Sociedade Positivista do Brasil, Brazilian Positivist Society), and later this led to his republican views.
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (French: [ɑ̃ʁi bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ kɔ̃stɑ̃ də ʁəbɛk]; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss and French political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion.
Instituto Benjamin Constant (IBC) is a part of Brazil's Ministry of Education, and is charged with promoting educational opportunities for the visually impaired. It is located in the neighborhood of Urca in Rio de Janeiro. IBC was created by imperial decree in 1854, and is named after the Brazilian soldier and intellectual Benjamin Constant.
Benjamin-Constant painted Pope Leo XIII, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1901), Lord John Lumley-Savile, and Henri Blowitz (1902). He was made a member of the institute in 1893, and was a commander of the Legion of Honor. He visited the United States several times, and painted a number of portraits.
Benjamin Constant's keel was laid on 18 November 1891 at the Forges et chantiers de la Méditerranée shipyard in La Seyne, Toulon, being launched the following year, on 11 November 1892. [3] Still unfinished, it was tasked with providing accommodation for the crew of the cruiser Almirante Barroso , which had sunk in the Red Sea when returning ...
Manaus was the first Brazilian capital to receive electricity. Financed by rubber, the Belle Époque of the Northern region began in 1871, mainly centred on the cities of Belém (capital of the state of Pará) and Manaus (capital of the state of Amazonas), known as the Paris of the Tropics or Paris n'America, and was a period marked by intensive modernization of both cities.
Véu de Noiva is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo.It premiered on 10 November 1969 and ended on 18 July 1970, with a total of 221 episodes in black and white.
The historical tradition of the UFNT begins with the "Faculdade de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Araguaína" (Facila), created by state law no. 9.470, of July 11, 1984. [6] It came into existence offering courses in literature, history, geography, social studies and science.