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    The Declaration of majority of Pedro II (Portuguese: Declaração da Maioridade de D. Pedro II ) was a document signed by the General Assembly of Brazil...
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    February 8, 1943, Brazil formally joined the Allies upon signing the Declaration by United Nations. Although considered a secondary Allied power, Brazil...
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    the "Cry of Ipiranga", the declaration of Brazil's independence, Returning to the city of São Paulo on the night of 7 September 1822, Pedro and his companions...
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    the regency period on 23 July 1840, upon the declaration of Pedro de Alcântara's majority, and ending on 15 November 1889, when the parliamentary constitutional...
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    «Projeto de reforma agrária do governo João Goulart - 1964». In: Stédile, João Pedro (org.). The agrarian question in Brazil: Agrarian reform programs, 1946-2003...
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    coronation of Emperor Pedro I took place on 1 December 1822. The Brazilian declaration of independence and foundation of the Empire of Brazil led to a War of Independence...
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    in power the Liberals began to call for a lowering of the age at which Pedro II would attain majority. They saw an opportunity to regain influence by doing...
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    Dom Pedro II (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825...
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    of the Brazilian colonial territory, Paulo Pedro Perides, Department of Geography Magazine, 7 November 2011. (in Portuguese) Decree-law no. 4102, of 9...
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    Republic began with the coup d'état that deposed emperor Pedro II in 1889, and ended with the Revolution of 1930 that installed Getúlio Vargas as a new president...
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    Finally the governor of the captaincy of Pernambuco, Pedro Almeida, organized an army under the leadership of the Bandeirantes Domingos Jorge Velho and...
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    Cangaço (category Empire of Brazil)
    offensive led to bloodshed, and eleven members of the band were killed: Lampião, Maria Bonita, Luís Pedro, Mergulhão, Enedina, Elétrico, Quinta-Feira, Moeda...
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    States; Argentina moved in the opposite direction. During World War II, Brazil was an ally of the United States and sent an expeditionary force to Europe. The...
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    Kuhikugu (category Lost City of Z)
    in Brazil, at the headwaters of the Xingu River, in the Amazon Rainforest. The area around Kuhikugu is located in part of the Xingu National Park today...
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    response to actions taken by emperor Dom Pedro II to unify power under the central government and limit the powers of the provinces. These rebellions were...
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    the history of the Empire of Brazil, between the abdication of Emperor Pedro I, on 7 April 1831, and the declaration of majority of Pedro II, who was legally...
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    September 1822, forming the Empire of Brazil and ending 322 years of colonial dominance of Portugal over Brazil. Pedro was crowned the first emperor in...
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    arrived in Brazil in April 1500, when a fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral on behalf of the Portuguese crown arrived in present-day Porto Seguro,...
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    Bandeirantes (category Portuguese explorers of South America)
    in Portuguese, by Pedro Taques de Almeida Paes Leme Paulistana Genealogy, Silva Leme History of the Captaincy of São Vicente, Pedro Taques de Almeida...
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    commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, an explorer on his way to India under the sponsorship of the Kingdom of Portugal and the support of the Catholic Church...
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    Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in 1581. As part of the war, Dutch raiders attacked Spanish lands, colonies, and ships. In 1594 Philip II, who was...
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    Treaty of Tordesillas, and in 1500 navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in what is now Brazil and laid claim to it in the name of king Manuel I of Portugal...
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    The pre-Cabraline history of Brazil is the stage in Brazil's history before the arrival of Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, at a time...
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    from Bahia Rio Grande do Sul, 1760, newly incorporated territory of Rio Grande de São Pedro Ceará, 1799, split from Pernambuco Rio Grande do Norte, 1808,...
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    Catalan declaration of independence (Catalan: Declaració d'independència de Catalunya) was a resolution that was passed by the Parliament of Catalonia...
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  • Thumbnail for Atlantic slave trade to Brazil
    Brazil occurred during the period of history in which there was a forced migration of Africans to Brazil for the purpose of slavery. It lasted from the mid-sixteenth...
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    Cabanada (redirect from War of the Cabanos)
    War of Cabanos was a rebellion that occurred in the Empire of Brazil between 1832 and 1835. it started shortly after the abdication of Dom Pedro I, during...
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. 1957 - City construction begins. 1958 - Palácio da Alvorada...
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    expedition of Pedro Álvares Cabral, though the first Portuguese settlement was not established until 1516.[page needed] Soon after the arrival of the Portuguese...
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    precedence should it arise, all the more so since emperor Pedro II was on the one hand jealous of his imperial prerogatives and, on the other hand, did not...
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