The Grande Seca (English: Great Drought), or the Brazilian drought of 1877–1878, was the largest and most devastating drought in Brazilian history. It...

Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for dry river) is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population...

Ribeira Seca may refer to: Azores, Portugal Ribeira Seca (Calheta), a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta, São Jorge Ribeira Seca (Ribeira Grande),...

Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for sponsorship reasons) is a paved road racing...

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occasionally less than this, creating long periods of drought. Brazil's 1877–78 Grande Seca (Great Drought), the worst in Brazil's history, caused approximately...

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Affair Uruguayan War Paraguayan War Religious Issue Revolt of the Muckers Grande Seca Abolition of Slavery Post–abolition of slavery Old Republic Proclamation...

captaincies in 1761 to their first following split in 1779. The captaincy of Rio Grande de São Pedro was subordinated to Rio de Janeiro from its foundation in 1760...

for the gradual emancipation of existing slaves. Brazil's 1877–1878 Grande Seca (Great Drought) in the cotton-growing northeast led to major turmoil...

separated cities like Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador, Pernambuco, Rio Grande, and Porto Alegre. Needing to create a unified way to control the state...

Rabbit (AD 1454) was a major catastrophe in Mexico. Brazil's 1877–78 Grande Seca (Great Drought), the worst in Brazil's history, caused approximately...

important of these was in the city of Parnamirim, near the capital Rio Grande do Norte, Natal. This base, called "Trampoline of Victory" ("Trampolim da...

of drought influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. In Brazil, Grande Seca killed probably more than 400.000 people. India, China, Brazil, Northern...

northeast tradition, subtraditions such as Várzea Grande (southeast of Piauí) and Seridó (Rio Grande do Norte) have been identified. The most abundant...

his expedition to the present states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Dias however left on his own expedition in 1644. In an expedition...

and the engineer André Rebouças had black ancestry. Brazil's 1877–78 Grande Seca (Great Drought) in the cotton-growing northeast led to major turmoil...

Goulart (1961–64) — a protégé of Getúlio Vargas and another gaúcho from Rio Grande do Sul, the closeness of the government to the historically disenfranchised...

colony by calling for more colonists in 1556. He sent one of his ships, the Grande Roberge, to Honfleur, entrusted with letters to King Henry II, Gaspard de...

part of Rio Grande, enlarged by acquisition of most of Itamaracá, 1585 Rio Grande de Norte, 1597, merger of northern portion of Rio Grande, Ceara and Maranhão...

theorized to date back to the Great Drought of the 19th century Brazil. The Grande Seca of 1877 to 1878 led to the mass migration of approximately 55 thousand...

credit had now evaporated. A populist governor of Brazil's southernmost Rio Grande do Sul state, Vargas was a cattle rancher with a doctorate in law and the...

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Affair Uruguayan War Paraguayan War Religious Issue Revolt of the Muckers Grande Seca Abolition of Slavery Post–abolition of slavery Old Republic Proclamation...

combination of the more powerful states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, and to a lesser extent Pernambuco and Bahia. Because the monarchy...

(PRM) in 1919; and the creation of the Liberator Party (PL) in 1928, in Rio Grande do Sul. In time, growing trade, commerce, and industry in São Paulo would...

and tried to gain control of the Fort of Cabedello on Paraíba, the Rio Grande, Rio Formoso, and Cabo de Santo Agostinho. These attempts were also unsuccessful...

with a variety of models. The dependencies of the farm included a casa-grande (big house) where the owner of the farm lived with his family, and the senzala...

Alegre, the interior of Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay. Coupists controlled most of the country by the end of April 1, and Rio Grande do Sul on the 2nd. Congress...

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