Dates
What year did Portugal arrive in Brazil
1500
founder of the Brazilian Empire
Dom Pedro I
What year did Columbus arrive in the New World?
1492
Became Interim President in 1930
Getúlio Vargas
What year was Portugal Invaded by Spain?
1801
spoke up for Brazil’s independence and is known as the “Patriarch of Independence”
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
What year was slavery abolished?
1888
Pedro II
what year did Dom Pedro proclaim the independence of Brazil?
1822
fled to Brazil during Napoleonic Wars which made Brazil’s status more important than a colony
King João VI