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Events relating to brazil
In negotiations about the New World at Tordesillas, the king of Portugal insists on a new demarcation line which later brings him Brazil
Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral, with a fleet of thirteen ships, makes landfall in Brazil
Brazil becomes a Portuguese royal province, under the control of a governor general
The first Portuguese governor general of Brazil selects Bahia (now Salvador) as his capital
Gold is found in Brazil, launching the first great American gold rush
The Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe
The capital of the Portuguese colony of Brazil is moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires rather than Asunción is chosen to be capital of the new Spanish viceroyalty of La Plata
Tiradentes (the 'puller of teeth') leads the first rebellion against Portuguese rule in Brazil
The Brazilian rebel Tiradentes is beheaded in public in Rio de Janeiro as a warning to would-be revolutionaries
The Creole militia of Buenos Aires drive out an English force which has captured the city
The Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil on the approach of a French army led by Jean-Andoche Junot
After a public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentinians set up an autonomous local government in opposition to Spanish forces
Brazil is given equal standing with Portugal, forming together the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil
The 22-year-old Portuguese prince, Dom Pedro, is made regent of Brazil
The Portuguese regent, Dom Pedro, proclaims the independence of Brazil and three months later is crowned emperor, as Pedro I
Juan Antonio Lavalleja leads a band of Thirty-three Immortals in Uruguay's fight for independence from Brazil
Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, inherits the throne of Portugal (as Pedro IV) but continues to rule from Brazil
Lavalleja defeats a Brazilian army at Ituzaingó, in the decisive battle for Uruguayan independence
The independence of Uruguay is agreed in the Treaty of Montevideo between Brazil and Argentina
Pedro I abdicates in Brazil and returns to Europe to recover his Portuguese throne (as Pedro IV)
The 14-year-old Dom Pedro, son of Pedro I, becomes emperor of Brazil as Pedro II
Brazil, historically the world's second largest importer of slaves from Africa, finally bans the slave trade
At Pavón the provincial troops of Buenos Aires defeat the Argentinian national army, emphatically demonstrating the power of their city
The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López starts a war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay which eventually kills more than half his population
