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Events in Brazilian History

1500-01-26 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil

Cabral Claims Brazil for Portugal

1500-04-22 Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal

Pedro Álvares Cabral sees the land that would later be known as Brazil for the first time

1501-07-15 Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral arrives back in Lisbon after successfully discovering Brazil and returning from India
1549-02-10 Tomé de Sousa appointed as the 1st Governor-General of Brazil
1549-03-29 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded
1554-01-25 City of São Paulo founded in Brazil
1565-03-01 Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1567-06-20 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
1573-11-22 The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded
1599-12-25 The city of Natal, Brazil, is founded.
1616-01-12 Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco

Capture of Salvador Da Bahia

1624-05-10 Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador da Bahia, the capital of Brazil and a Portuguese stronghold

1627-03-03 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks and conquers 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador, Brazil
1627-06-10 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks Portuguese ships in the Bay of All Saints, Brazil
1630-02-14 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco, Brazil
1636-08-04 Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1636-11-17 Brazilian general Henrique Dias wins a decisive battle against the Dutch in Brazil
1637-01-23 Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco, Brazil
1638-01-05 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
1644-05-06 Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil
1645-04-07 Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil
1654-04-26 Jews are expelled from Brazil
1661-08-06 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal
1695-11-20 Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed and decapitated, his head displayed on a pike to dispel any legends of his immortality
1729-07-22 Diamonds found in Minas Geras, Brazil

Tiradentes Executed

1792-04-21 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro

Conquest of Cayenne

1809-01-06 Napoleonic Wars: Invasion of Cayenne, by combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces, begins

1812-12-29 The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle
1815-12-05 Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.

Brazil Declares Independence

1822-09-07 Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)

Emperor of Brazil and King of Portugal Pedro I

1822-12-01 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1823-07-02 Bahia Independence Day: End of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia
1824-05-26 Brazil is recognized by the US
1825-08-25 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
1825-08-29 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil
1828-08-27 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks

Darwin Arrives in Bahia

1832-02-28 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia

1832-02-29 Charles Darwin walks through the tropical forests of Bahia in Brazil, describing the experience as being in "transports of pleasure"
1835-09-20 Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1836-08-01 As part of their homeward journey on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin returns to Bahia in Brazil
1856-05-07 Argentina & Brazil sign a navigation pact
1861-08-01 Brazil recognizes Confederacy
1864-10-07 Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor, Brazil - CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett
1864-10-11 Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city

War of the Triple Alliance

1866-03-01 War of the Triple Alliance: Paraguayan canoes sink two Brazilian ironclads on the Rio Paraná

President of Paraguay Francisco Solano López

1869-08-16 War of the Triple Alliance: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Battle of Acosta Ñu
1883-09-21 First direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
1888-05-13 Princess Isabel of Brazil acting as regent signs the "Lei Auréa" (Golden Law) abolishing slavery in Brazil
1889-11-15 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
1897-12-12 Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, founded
1903-11-17 In the Treaty of Petropolis, Bolivia cedes the territory of Arce to Brazil; Bolivia gains rail and water outlets in the east
1908-03-25 Clube Atletico Mineiro, Founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1908-06-18 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship

Wilson Accepts Mediation

1914-04-25 US President Woodrow Wilson is persuaded by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile to accept mediation in the conflict with Mexico

1915-08-31 Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
1917-10-26 World War I: Brazil declares it is in a state of war with the Central Powers
1921-06-11 Brazil adopts women's suffrage
1922-02-09 Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1922-02-11 Influential arts festival Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week) opens in São Paulo - the beginning of Modernism in Brazil
1924-07-05 Military revolt in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1926-03-17 Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
1926-06-12 Brazil leaves League of Nations
1927-09-07 University of Minas Gerais founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos

Brazilian Coup d'état

1930-10-24 A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Vargas then installed as "provisional president."

President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas

1930-11-03 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
1932-07-09 The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian federal government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
1933-11-16 Brazilian President Getulio Vargas declares himself dictator
1937-11-10 Brazilian President Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado Novo" dictatorship in a radio address to the nation
1942-08-22 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy

Poon Lim's 133 Day South Atlantic Odyssey

1943-04-05 Chinese steward Poon Lim is found off the coast of Brazil by a Brazilian fisherman family after being adrift for 133 days, after British ship SS Benlomond was torpedoed by a German U-boat

Poon Lim and his raft, photo made on request of the US Navy for its Survival Training.

1945-04-02 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established
1945-10-29 Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns
1946-03-10 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju, northeast Brazil
1947-10-11 Brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR
1954-08-23 President Getulio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily
1955-10-03 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes President of Brazil
1956-01-31 Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil

FIFA World Cup

1958-06-29 FIFA World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Vavá & Pelé each score 2 goals as Brazil beats Sweden, 5-2

1960-04-21 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
1960-08-24 60 people die when a bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1960-10-03 Janio Quadros elected president of Brazil
1961-08-25 Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns
1961-12-17 Niteroi Circus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil catches fire; 323 die after disgruntled employee sets fire to the tent
1962-04-16 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1964-04-01 Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco ousts President João Goulart
1964-04-04 Deposed President João Goulart leaves Brazil under threat of arrest, moves into life of exile in Uruguay, and later Argentina
1967-03-15 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
1968-12-13 Brazilian President Da Costa e Silva issues Ato Institucional Número Cinco degree
1969-11-20 Brazilian soccer icon Pelé scores his 1,000th goal
1970-06-21 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412
1971-02-04 Government exhibit under construction in Brazil collapses, kills 65
1971-04-26 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
1973-07-11 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
1974-03-15 Brazilian president Garastazu Médici resigns
1974-07-28 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck in Belem, Brazil
1974-11-01 Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil)

Catholic History

1980-07-09 Seven people die in a stampede to see Pope John Paul II in Brazil

1982-06-08 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
1984-02-25 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
1985-01-15 Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected President of Brazil in 21 years, but dies before taking office
1985-06-21 American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele
1988-02-20 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988-10-05 Brazil adopts its Constitution
1989-11-12 Brazil holds its 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1989-12-17 Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello as president
1990-03-15 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil
1991-03-15 Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil
1992-06-03 World's largest environmental summit opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1992-10-02 The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil
1992-10-02 VP Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil
1993-04-21 Brazil votes against a monarchy
1993-09-07 Brazil votes over importing monarchy
1994-10-03 Fernando Henrique Cardoso elected president of Brazil
1995-01-01 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
1996-10-31 Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAM) Flight 402, a Fokker F100, crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.
1997-03-04 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks

FIFA World Cup

1998-07-12 FIFA World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Zinedine Zidane scores twice as France wins first World Cup beating Brazil, 3-0

Football Player and Manager Zinedine Zidane

1999-06-06 Largest jailbreak in Brazilian history at the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
2000-06-12 Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
2001-03-15 The world's largest oil rig, located off Brazil and operated by Petrobras, suffers three explosions

FIFA World Cup

2002-06-30 FIFA World Cup Final, International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan: Ronaldo scores twice as Brazil beats Germany, 2-0 to win record 5th title; first World Cup held in Asia

Agreement of Interest

2004-03-03 Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal forming InBev, the world's largest brewer

Investor and Beer Mogul Jorge Paulo Lemann

2006-03-10 Mass unrest by the PCC started in São Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would eventually kill more than 152 people.
2006-03-30 Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space
2006-05-12 A major rebellion occurs in São Paulo as members of criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital attack police officers and stations, eventually escalating to several prisons in Brazil leaving around 130 dead

Canonization

2007-05-11 Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvão

2007-06-27 The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
2007-07-17 TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with estimated 199 deaths.

Thieves Steal a Picasso

2007-12-20 Painting "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904)", by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with "O Lavrador de Café", by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari

Neymar Debuts

2009-03-07 Despite only being 17 years old, Brazilian soccer star Neymar makes his professional debut for Santos

2009-06-01 Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew were killed.
2009-06-09 Brazil officially enters recession
2009-09-11 The Brazilian economy technically leaves the recession when GDP grew 1.9% in the second quarter of 2009 after having fallen in the first quarter of 2009 and last quarter of 2008
2012-11-29 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
2013-03-13 An Embraer 821 aeroplane crashes and kills 9 people in Para, Brazil
2013-03-19 16 people are killed by mudslides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013-05-14 Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage
2013-07-13 Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rousseff Re-elected

2014-10-26 Dilma Rousseff is re-elected President of Brazil

2015-11-05 Fundão dam in Brazil collapses, killing about 23, causing a second dam to fail, releasing a massive flood of mud down the Rio Dulce
2015-12-26 Floods in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay displace 150,000, blamed on El Nino
2016-01-23 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years
2016-03-17 Brazilian federal judge blocks swearing-in of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff to President Dilma Rousseff, as part of "Car Wash" controversy
2016-05-11 Brazilian senate votes to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and put her on trial for budgetary violations
2016-05-12 Michel Temer, former vice-president, becomes Brazilian interim President after a vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff
2016-08-31 Brazilian Senate votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, removing her from office
2016-09-07 15th Summer Paralympics opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016-11-28 Plane carrying Brazilian Chapecoense football team crashes near Medellín, Colombia killing 71 players and journalists
2016-12-04 Tens of thousands march throughout Brazil against a vote to undermine anti-corruption investigations
2017-05-12 Brazil declares end to Zika national emergency as cases decrease

Temer Charged with Corruption

2017-06-26 Brazilian state prosecutors file corruption charges against President Michel Temer

2017-07-01 Brazilian police arrest drug kingpin Luiz Carlos da Rocha in Sorriso
2017-08-03 Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of €222M on a 5-year deal
2017-08-30 Brazilian court blocks President Michel Temer from abolishing Renca, which would open parts of the Amazon to mining
2017-11-08 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal
2017-12-06 Brazilian drug lord Rogério da Silva arrested in Rio
2018-02-06 Brazilian jockey Jorge Ricardo equals world record number of victories for a jockey - 12,844 in Rio de Janeiro

Inventing Modern Art in Brazil

2018-02-11 MOMA opens a major solo exhibition for Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral in New York

2018-03-14 Brazilian human rights politician Marielle Franco is murdered in Rio, prompting mass protests
2018-05-21 Truckers begin a 10 strike in Brazil, blocking roads in protest at the price of diesel leading to country-wide shortages
2018-05-27 Oil workers for Brazilian state oil company Petrobrás join the truckers' national strike
2018-09-02 Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts

Bolsonaro Stabbed

2018-09-06 Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Lula Abandons Campaign

2018-09-11 Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign

President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

2018-09-29 Large demonstrations across Brazil against far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro
2018-10-20 12,000 year old fossil called "Luzia", oldest known fossil in South America announced found mostly intact after devastating fire at Brazil's National Museum
2018-10-29 Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil's presidential election defeating Fernando Haddad
2018-11-09 Mudslide after heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil kills 10
2018-11-21 RIBA’s best building in the world biennial international prize awarded to Canuanã school in Brazil
2018-12-04 First successful birth resulting from uterus transplant from a deceased donor in São Paulo, Brazil
2018-12-07 Brazilian spiritual healer João Teixeira de Faria accused of sexual abuse by four women, over 200 more come forward in next week