The Second Reign is a period of history within the Empire of Brazil that lasted 49 years, beginning with the end of the regency period on 23 July 1840...

The First Reign was the period of Brazilian history in which Pedro I ruled Brazil as Emperor. It began on September 7, 1822, when Brazil's independence...

resulting in the addition of a 20th star. Second flag of the Empire of Brazil with 20 stars (1853–1889) The Founding of the Brazilian Fatherland, a 1899 allegorical...

The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence...

design of the second reign (1840–1889). A simplified version was also used. Coat of arms of the United States of Brazil (1889–1968) Coat of arms of the Federative...

claiming the land for the Portuguese Empire. Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808, when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio...

Elizabeth II being listed second despite being a figurehead her entire reign.   Incumbent The table below contains 100 monarchs of states that were not internationally...

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...

During his reign, Bulgaria spread from the Adriatic to the Black Sea and the economy flourished. In the late 13th century, however, the Empire declined...

Brazil and the Algarves, in 1815, and the subsequent independence of the Empire of Brazil, in 1822, the Braganzas came to rule as the monarchs of Brazil...

independent Empire of Brazil. During its period of existence the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves did not correspond to the whole of the Portuguese...

The Second Mexican Empire (Spanish: Segundo Imperio mexicano; French: Second Empire mexicain), officially the Mexican Empire (Spanish: Imperio Mexicano)...

The Second Empire of Haiti, officially known as the Empire of Haiti (French: Empire d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Anpi an Ayiti), was a state which existed...

Imperial House of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822...

network of trading posts, and the empire began a long and gradual decline. Eventually, Brazil became the most valuable colony of the second era of empire (1663–1825)...

The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/) or Sassanid Empire, sometimes referred to as the Second Persian Empire or Neo-Persian Empire, officially...

In the Second World War, Britain's colonies in East Asia and Southeast Asia were occupied by the Empire of Japan. Despite the final victory of Britain...

until 1720, until shortly after the death of the last major emperor, Aurangzeb, during whose reign the empire also achieved its maximum geographical extent...

have reigned for less than a year, but only an approximate length of reign is known. List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign List of longest-reigning...

history of Brazil between 1930 and 1946 when the country was governed by president Getúlio Vargas. The period from 1930 to 1937 is known as the Second Brazilian...

Dutch Brazil (Dutch: Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland (Dutch: Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion...

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...

historians variously date the beginning of his reign from mid-to-late 3rd century CE. Gupta founded the Gupta Empire c. 240-280 CE, and was succeeded by his...

dynasties, the conquest of Siberia, and the reign of Peter the Great (r. 1682–1725). Peter transformed the tsardom into an empire, and fought numerous wars...

of the Portuguese Empire. Brazil was briefly named "Land of the Holy Cross" by Portuguese explorers and crusaders before being named "Land of Brazil"...

(Kār-Nergal) and Harhar (Kar-Sarrukin), were still part of the empire during Ashurbanipal's reign. Although the Assyrian sources maintain silence about...

reign as the beginning of the Empire's decline. In 212, during the reign of Caracalla, Roman citizenship was granted to all freeborn inhabitants of the...

to form in the empire during his reign. At some point after 656, the empire lost control of Egypt, which instead fell into the hands of the Pharaoh Psamtik...

800. Expansion of the Franks The Carolingian Empire during the reign of Charlemagne covered most of Western Europe, as the Roman Empire once had. Unlike...

March 1901) was a Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta (princess). She was the second daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first...