History of Brazil

The ABC Powers refers in diplomacy to the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. They have been referred to by this name since the beginning of the 20th century, especially in reference to the diplomatic ABC Powers Conference of 1914: ...more on Wikipedia about "ABC Powers"

Antônio Conselheiro (Anthony the Counselor, real name Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel, b. March 13, 1830, Quixeramobim, state of Ceará, Brazil; d. September 22, 1897, Bello Monte, a.k.a. Canudos, state of Bahia) was a religious man, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos, the scenario of the War of Canudos (1896-1897), a civil rebellion against the central government which was brutally stamped out with the loss of more than 15,000 lives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antônio Conselheiro"

Artur da Costa e Silva ( October 3, 1902 - December 17, 1969) was a Brazilian military officer and politician. War Minister in 1964 under Maschal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco. Elected president by the Congress in 1966, Costa e Silva took his oath on March 15, 1967. Facing strong opposition from important figures, students and workers, Costa e Silva edited the AI-5 (Institutional Act 5) that greatly increased the power of the president and closed the Congress. This act also banned the opposition and increased media censorship. He suffered a severe stroke in August, 1969 and was removed from the power by his military ministers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Artur da Costa e Silva"

Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald ( May 11, 1905 - 1985) was an admiral with the Brazilian navy. Grünewald was one of the military in the Military Junta ( August 30, 1969 - October 30, 1969) that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August of 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazú Médici in October of that same year, "elected" by Congress earlier in that year (as a matter of fact he was chosen by his fellow officer generals). In the same occasions Rademaker was picked and "elected" as vice-president for the same term as Medici's (1969-1974). ...more on Wikipedia about "Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald"

Bandeirantes were participants in the Bandeiras, expeditions organized by the inhabitants of the then poor village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga together with allied Indians to enslave other Indians, recapture runaway slaves, and mainly to find precious metals and stones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandeirantes"

The Bandeiras were the expeditions by Paulistas and allied Indians to find precious metals and stones, new Indians slaves and runaway slaves. The leaders of bandeiras were called " bandeirantes". ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandeiras"

Bragança ( pron. IPA: / /) is the name of a royal house, which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bragança (royal house)" shortopedia - Xtending Info. shortopedia

The Brazilian 1964 Revolution was a mostly non-violent coup d'état that toppled the populist president João Goulart of the New (or Second) Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian 1964 Revolution"

The Brazilian Expeditionary Force ( Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, or FEB) was the 25,300-man force formed by the Brazilian Navy, Army and Air Force that fought alongside the Allied forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Expeditionary Force"

Brazilian Integralism was a fascist movement in the 1930s. Founded and led by Plínio Salgado, a literary figure who was relatively famous during the 1922 Modern Art Week, the movement had all the outlandish superficial trappings of European, specifically Italian, fascism with the sole difference that Salgado did not preach racial hate (they even had a slogan: "union of all races and all people"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Integralism"

Brazilian War of Independence in 1821- 1825 was fought between colonial Brazil and Portugal. Although the war was not completely bloodless, it was a much less bloody conflict than most wars for independence in Latin-America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian War of Independence"

Café com leite ( Portuguese: "coffee with milk") was a term that referred to the domination of Brazilian politics under the Old Republic ( 1889- 1930) by the landed gentries of São Paulo (dominated by the coffee industry) and Minas Gerais (dominated by dairy interests). São Paulo's coffee interests were by far the strongest of the pair. ...more on Wikipedia about "Café com leite"

The Candelaria church massacre was a criminal act that took place in the Roman Catholic "Candelaria church", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23, 1993. ...more on Wikipedia about "Candelaria church massacre"

One of the most common reasons why young people joined the cangaço was to avenge the honor of the family. So it was the case of Jesuíno Brilhante, a famous cangaceiro from Rio Grande do Norte who helped the victims of the great draught of 1877 and died in a shoot-out with the police in Paraíba. Other famous cangaceiro, Sinhô Pereira, joined the cangaço to avenge the murder of his brother, Né Pereira, in the countryside of Pernambuco, in Serra Talhada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cangaço"

Canudos was a town founded in the Bahia state of northeastern Brazil in 1893 by Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel, an itinerant preacher who had been wandering through the backroads and lesser-inhabited areas of the country from the 1870s onwards, followed by a band of loyal supporters. As his following swelled, he took on the name Antonio Conselheiro (The Counselor) and increasingly began to trouble the local authorities, who saw him as a rival to their legitimacy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canudos"

Capitania (from the Portuguese Capitão, in English Captain) was the Administrative division and hereditary fief of the Portuguese state in some of its colonies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitania"

Capitão-Mor ( Portuguese for High Captain - plural Capitães-Mor), sometimes also Capitão-Donatário, was the hereditary title and office given by the Portuguese Crown to nobleman granted the rule of Capitanias in the territories of the Portuguese Empire, most importantly in Terra de Vera Cruz (modern Brazil). They held absolute powers in their lands, subject only to the Crown, and were given the task of settling and colonizing their respective domains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitão-Mor"

(Colonial Brazil) * Braudel, Fernand, The Perspective of the World, Vol. III of Civilization and Capitalism, 1984. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colonial Brazil"

The claim that the Portuguese explorer and navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil in april 22, 1500 is contested. ...more on Wikipedia about "Controversies about the discovery of Brazil"

Coronelismo was the system of machine politics in Brazil under the Old Republic ( 1889- 1930). ...more on Wikipedia about "Coronelismo"

"Diretas Já" (meaning "Direct [vote] Now!") it was a civil movement of claim for direct presidential elections in Brazil, in 1984. It added diverse sectors of the Brazilian society. Of opposition had participated to innumerable political parties, beyond syndical, civil, students and journalistic leaderships. The politicians had been distinguished Ulysses Guimarães, Tancredo Neves, André Franco Montoro, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Mário Covas, José Serra, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Eduardo Suplicy, Leonel Brizola among others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diretas Já"

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Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo Santos, Viscountess, then Marchioness of Santos ( 1797 – id. 1867) was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Domitila, Marchioness of Santos"

The Emboabas' War, or Guerra dos Emboabas in the Portuguese language, was a war waged in the early 18th century between two generations of Portuguese settlers in the vice-kingdom of Brazil, then merely the Capitaincy of São Vicente. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emboabas' War"

After its independence from the Portuguese on September 7, 1822, Brazil became a monarchy, the Brazilian Empire, which lasted until the establishment of the Republican government on November 15, 1889. Two Emperors occupied the throne in that period: Pedro I, from 1822 to 1831; and Pedro II, from 1840 to 1889. Also, king John VI of Portugal held the title of Emperor of Brazil as stipulated by the treaty recognizing Brazilian independence ...more on Wikipedia about "Empire of Brazil"

Ernesto Beckmann Geisel ( August 3, 1908 - September 12, 1996) was a Brazilian military general and politician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernesto Geisel" Please inform your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com

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