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Establishment
June 1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire (Crown of Castile), along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.
Chronology
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Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
Was a global conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Dutch Empire. The conflict primarily saw the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.
2.1.Sugar War
Was the Dutch invasion of Portuguese Brazil during the Dutch-Portuguese War.
January 1631: In 1630 the Dutch captured Olinda and then Recife.
January 1636: Until 1635, the Dutch were unable to harvest sugar due to Portuguese guerrilla attacks, and were virtually confined to the walled perimeter of the cities. Eventually, the Dutch evicted the Portuguese with the assistance of a local landlord named Domingos Fernandes Calabar.
January 1642: The Dutch captured São Luís.
January 1643: The Dutch invasion began in 1624 with the conquest of the then capital of the State of Brazil, the city of São Salvador da Bahia.
May 1645: In 1625, a joint Spanish-Portuguese fleet led by Spanish Admiral Fadrique de Toledo and Portuguese General Diogo de Mendonça Furtado rapidly recaptured Salvador, the capital of Portuguese Brazil, from the Dutch who had previously seized control of the territory.
2.2.Pernambucan Insurrection
Was a revolt in the Dutch-occupied territories of Brazil.
August 1645: In 1645, most of Dutch Brazil revolted under the leadership of mulatto land-owner João Fernandes Vieira, who proclaimed himself loyal to the Portuguese Crown. WIC forces were defeated at the Battle of Tabocas, virtually confining the Dutch to the fortified urban perimeters of coastal cities, defended by contingents of German and Flemish mercenaries.
January 1646: The Dutch abandoned São Luís.
January 1655: The Second Battle of Guararapes, in 1649, marked the beginning of the end of Dutch occupation of Portuguese Brazil, until their final expulsion from Recife in 1654.
Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.
November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.
The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria, and their respective supporters. It was a global war, with fighting taking place in Europe, Asia, and America. At the end of the war, Philip II, who was the successor chosen by Charles II as a descendant of Charles' paternal half-sister Maria Theresa, became King of Spain and of its overseas empire. The Spanish possessions in Europe were partitioned between various European Monarchies.
March 1705: As a consequence of the War of the Spanish Succession, the governor of Buenos Aires, Valdes Incian, initiated the Siege of Colonia del Sacramento. The forces of the Spanish governor were commanded by Baltazar García Ros from 18 October 1704 until 14 March 1705, when the colonists were evacuated by Portuguese ships.
Was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. At the end of the war the main winner was Great Britain, that obtained territories in North America, the Caribbean and India, becoming the most powerful maritime and colonial of the European powers.
5.1.Fantastic War
Was a war between Spain and Portugal during the Seven Years' War that took place in the Iberian Peninsula and in South America.
January 1764: The Portuguese conquered most of the valley of Rio Negro, expelling the Spaniards from S. Gabriel and S. josé de Maribatanas (1763).
5.1.1.South America Theatre of War (Fantastic War)
Was the theatre of war in South America of the Fantastic war between Spain and Portugal.
April 1763: Santa Teresa conquered by spain.
5.2.Treaty of Paris (1763)
Was a treaty signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): the forts of Santa Teresa and San Miguel, Santa Tecla, San Miguel, Santa Teresa and Rio Grande de São Pedro remained in Spanish hands.
February 1763: Colonia do Sacramento was given back to Portugal.
Was a war between Spain and Portugal fought over the border of their overseas territories in South America.
March 1776: In 1776, Portuguese land forces led by the Marquis of Pombal pushed forward in the Rio Grande area, forcing the Spanish commander Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo to withdraw. This resulted in the territory being ceded to Portuguese Brazil.
February 1777: Cevallos decided to attack the island of Santa Catarina on 23 February. When the Portuguese saw the formidable Spanish fleet disembark their troops, the garrison fled to the mainland without firing a shot.
June 1777: The city of Colonia de Sacramento capitulated on 3 June 1777 to Spanish forces led by General Pedro de Cevallos during the Spanish-Portuguese War. This marked the beginning of a period of Spanish military occupation in the region.
6.1.First Treaty of San Ildefonso
Was a treaty between Spain and Portugal that settled long-running territorial disputes between the two kingdoms' possessions in South America, primarily in the Río de la Plata region.
October 1777: On 24 February 1777 King Joseph I died and his daughter and successor Maria I dismissed Pombal and concluded on 1 October the First Treaty of San Ildefonso with Spain. Spain returned the island of Santa Catarina to Portugal.
October 1777: Misiones Orientales conquered by spain.
October 1777: In 1777, Portugal ceded Colonia del Sacramento to Spain as part of the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
Was a war between the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America.
February 1777: The territory of São José do Norte and S. Pedro do Sul was retaken by the Portuguese from the Spanish during the "deaf war" (1763-1777). This conflict was part of the larger struggle between Portugal and Spain over control of territories in South America.
Was a treaty between Spain and Portugal where the latter regained the Misiones Orientales region.
June 1801: In 1801, Portugal regained control of the Misiones Orientales in the Treaty of Badajoz, signed between Portugal and Spain. The treaty was negotiated by Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy and Portuguese diplomat Domingos de Sousa Coutinho.
Paraguay declared independence from Spain in 1811 after the creation of a local ruling Junta.
May 1811: Paraguay declared independence after overthrowing local Spanish rule on May 14, 1811.
Were a series of independence wars by the Spanish colonies in America that started after the French occupation of mainland Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.
10.1.Argentine War of Indipendence
Was the independence war of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (later Argentina) against Spanish rule.
10.1.1.Banda Oriental Campaign
Was an argentine military campaign in the Banda Oriental region (the South American territories east of the Uruguay River) during the Argentine War of Indipendence.
10.1.1.1.Portuguese Invasion of Banda Oriental
Was a Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental region during the Argentine War of Independence.
September 1812: The government of Buenos Aires ordered Artigas to return to his camp on the Ayuí stream after the signing, on March 26, of the Rademaker-Herrera Treaty, which determined the return of Portuguese troops to Brazil. Once again, Souza did not recognize the agreement, but after a series of clashes he received the order to withdraw from the Banda Oriental by King John VI, an order which he finally carried out on June 13. A few days later, the commander of the Portuguese-occupied portion of Misiones, Francisco das Chagas Santos, attempted to attack La Cruz, which was defended by Corrientes' forces, but withdrew after Galván informed him that hostilities had ceased. On September 13, the armistice was ratified, despite Vigodet's attempts to prevent its application. However, the Portuguese did not return to the pre-invasion borders, maintaining control of the current municipalities of Uruguaiana, Quaraí, Santana do Livramento and Alegrete, and part of those of Rosário do Sul, Dom Pedrito and Bagé.
Was the war of Brazil to become independent from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
September 1822: The Ipiranga Cry corresponds to the declaration of independence of Brazil by Prince-Regent Peter of Portugal near the Ipiranga River.
January 1823: Battle of Itaparica.
July 1823: Siege of Salvador.
July 1823: Siege of Caxias. The city fell to Brazilian forces.
December 1823: By November 1823, the whole of the north of Brazil was under Brazilian control.
March 1824: Siege of Montevideo (1823).
Was an armed conflict in the 1820s between the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Empire of Brazil over Brazil's Cisplatina province. It resulted in the independence of Cisplatina as the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
12.1.Treaty of Montevideo
The 1828 Treaty of Montevideo acknowledged the independence of the Cisplatina region from Brazil as the Republic of Uruguay.
August 1828: The 1828 Treaty of Montevideo acknowledged the independence of the Cisplatina under the name Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
During the Brazilian regency period (a decade of Brazilian history where there was no strong central power because the emperor was a minor) the degree of autonomy of the provinces was still not well defined and this led to a series of local secessions.
13.1.Cabanagem Revolt
Was a popular revolution and pro-separatist movement that occurred in the then province of Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil.
January 1835: On the night the rebels attacked and conquered the city of Belém.
August 1835: Rebel forces were destroyed and retired toward the interior of Belém.
August 1835: Reorganizing their forces, the Rebels again attacked Belém on August 14. After nine days of battle, and suffering the death of Antônio Vinagre, they retook the capital.
May 1836: In March 1836, brigadier José de Sousa Soares Andréia attacked Bélem, as a result of which the rebel group decided to abandon the city in favor of resistance from the interior.
January 1841: The Cabanagem Revolt finally ended when amnesty was declared to the rebels, in 1839. In 1840 the last rebel group, under the leadership of Gonçalo Jorge de Magalhães, yielded.
13.2.Ragamuffin War
Was a Republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the province (current state) of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835. The revolt led to the creation of two secessionist states, the Riograndense Republic and the Juliana Republic.
13.2.1.Ragamuffin revolt
Was the initial phase of revolt of the Ragamuffin War.
September 1835: General Bento Gonçalves captured the capital, Porto Alegre, beginning an uprising against the perceived unfair trade reinforced by the provincial government.
June 1836: On the night of June 15 , 1836, with the help of a corrupt guard, the prisoners were released and, under the command of Marques de Sousa and with the help of Bento Manuel, the Imperials took over the city of Porto Alegre from the hands of the farroupilhas.
13.2.2.Secession of the Riograndense and Juliana Republics
Secession of the Riograndense and the Juliana Republic from Brazil during the Ragamuffin War.
September 1836: The Riograndense Republic was a de facto state that seceded from the Empire of Brazil roughly coinciding with the present state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was proclaimed on 11 September 1836, by General Antônio de Sousa Neto, as a direct consequence of the victory obtained by Gaúcho oligarchic forces at the Battle of Seival.
October 1836: Bento Manuel raised the “parliament” flag and Bento Gonçalves agreed to negotiate. The agreement was signed and signed on October 4.
April 1837: General Neto conquered Caçapava do Sul, an imperial refueling center.
March 1838: On March 9, 18 38 the farroupilhas invaded Lages , annexing the village to the Rio-Grandense Republic.
July 1839: The Farrapos, bypassing the imperial armada, managed to enter the Strait of the Capivari River and passed the boats ashore.
July 1839: Riograndense forces advanced from the Tomás José lagoon to the Tramandaí river.
July 1839: Finally, on July 14 , 1839, the lanes headed to Laguna to attack the neighboring province. On the coast of Santa Catarina, near the Araranguá River , a storm broke Farroupilha , miraculously saving a few rags, including Garibaldi himself.
July 1839: Laguna was taken by the Riograndense Republic, with help from the people of Laguna.
November 1839: The Juliana Republic was declared in the imperial Brazilian province of Santa Catarina on July 24, 1839, and lasted only until November 15, 1839.
December 1839: The Brazilian army retook Lages.
December 1839: In a close fight the loyalist troops were defeated by Brigadier Francisco Xavier da Cunha in Lages. The city reverted again to Riograndense control.
13.2.3.Brazilian Counterattack (Ragamuffin War)
Was the counterattack of the Brazilian government against the secessionist Riograndense Republic during the Ragamuffin War.
February 1839: Caçapava , the capital of the Republic since February 14 , 1839, considered impregnable because of the difficult access, was invaded by the imperials.
August 1839: In July, Farrapos lost São Gabriel.
February 1845: Treaty of Poncho Verde: The treaty offered the rebels a full amnesty, full incorporation into the imperial army and the choice of the next provincial president. All the debts of the Riograndense Republic were paid off by the Empire and a tariff of 25% was introduced on imported charque. The Riograndense and Juliana Republics remained in the Empire of Brazil and are now two states of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Was a war fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay, and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes, with the participation of the Republic of Paraguay as Brazil's co-belligerent and ally. The war was caused by disputes over the Platine region between Brazil and Argentina.
14.1.Allied invasion of Uruguay (Platine War)
Was the invasion of Uruguay by an alliance of countries led by Brazil during the Platine War.
October 1851: Professional soldiers across the border between Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay on 4 September 1851. .
December 1851: The Brazilian army easily took the remaining Blanco Uruguayan territory.
14.2.Allied invasion of Argentina
Was the invasion of Argentina by an alliance of countries led by Brazil during the Platine War.
January 1852: From Diamante contingents were ferried to the other side of the Paraná River, landing at Santa Fé.
January 1852: At the Battle of Alvarez Field the Allied vanguard defeated a force of 4,000 Argentines.
February 1852: The Allied troops encamped approximately nine kilometers from Buenos Aires.
February 1852: The Battle of Caseros resulted in a decisive victory for the Allies.
A series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence.
February 1852: Montevideo was able to withstand the siege for nine years. When the British and French ceased their support in 1850 and signed an agreement with de Rosas, victory for the Blancos seemed certain. A revolt against de Rosas, led by Justo José de Urquiza, abruptly changed the situation. Oribe and his followers had to retreat in 1851 and the Colorados gained full control of Uruguay with the support of Brazil.
Was a civil war fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, supported by Argentina.
October 1864: Near the Brazilian town of Jaguarão, the Brazilian army invaded Uruguay's Cerro Largo Department.
October 1864: A Brazilian brigade entered this capital of Cerro Largo unopposed.
October 1864: After handing over control of Melo to the Uruguayan Colorados, the Brazilians withdrew.
January 1865: On 1 January 1865, one brigade (composed of two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion) with 1,700 men from the Brazilian province of Rio de Janeiro disembarked and occupied the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos.
January 1865: João Propício Mena Barreto sailed from Fray Bentos on 14 January with the Brazilian infantry, bound for a landing near the mouth of the Santa Lucía River near Montevideo. On the way, he occupied the Uruguayan town of Colonia del Sacramento, garrisoning it with 50 soldiers.
February 1865: With the Italian resident minister Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani serving as intermediary, an agreement was reached. Flores and Manuel Herrera y Obes (representing Villalba's government) signed a peace accord on 20 February at the Villa de la Unión. A general amnesty was granted to both Blancos and Colorados.
Was a war between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. The war began due to disputes over areas in the Platine region. Paraguay was militarly occupied by the Triple Alliance and lost around 30% of its territory to Argentina and Brazil.
17.1.Mato Grosso Campaign
Was a Paraguayan military campaign in Mato Grosso (Brazil) during the Paraguayan War.
January 1865: Resquín occupied the village of Nioaque.
February 1865: Continuing its advance into enemy territory, the column occupied the village of Miranda.
May 1865: Coxim was taken by the Paraguaians in April 1865.
17.2.Corrientes Campaign
Was the Paraguayan invasion of Corrientes during the Paraguayan War.
April 1865: Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia, Paraguayan forces crossed the Paraná near Encarnación to head south along the right bank of the Uruguay River.
June 1865: Estigarribia crossed the river and followed Duarte's advance from the Brazilian bank, entering São Borja e Itaqui.
August 1865: The city of Uruguayana was occupied by Paraguayan forces.
September 1865: Siege of Uruguaiana.
November 1865: Paraguayan military leader Francisco Isidoro Resquín carried out the withdrawal operations towards the northern bank of the Paraná throughout the month of October, which ended on 4 November.
17.3.Loizaga - Cotegipe Treaty
Was a treaty that ended the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and Brazil, with large territorial cessions from Paraguay to Brazil.
January 1872: The Loizaga - Cotegipe Treaty was a treaty of peace and borders signed in Asuncion between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil.
Was a border dispute between Bolivia and the First Brazilian Republic over the Acre Region.
18.1.Third "Republic of Acre"
Was the third establishment of the Republic of Acre in the Bolivian region of the same name. The Republic was eventually annexed by Brazil.
April 1904: A presidential decree incorporated Acre as part of Brazil.
April 1500: The Portuguese discover the southern coast of present-day Bahia, was seen.
August 1501: A Portuguese fleet reached what is now the San Roque cable (Rio Grande do Norte) and planted the landmark oldest possession of Brazil.
November 1501: The Portuguese arrived at Todos-os-Santos Bay.
December 1501: The Portuguese establish São Tomé Cape in Brazil.
January 1502: On January 1, 1502, Portuguese explorers Gaspar de Lemos and Gonçalo Coelho arrived at Guanabara Bay, which was later named Rio de Janeiro. They claimed the territory for Portuguese Brazil, marking the beginning of Portuguese colonization in the region.
January 1502: On Kings Day in 1502, Portuguese explorers led by Gaspar de Lemos moved to the bay named Angra dos Reis in present-day Brazil, claiming the territory for Portuguese Brazil.
January 1503: In 1502, Portuguese explorers Gaspar de Lemos and Américo Vespúcio discovered the mouth of the São Francisco River and Cabo Frio in present-day Brazil, further expanding Portuguese territory in the region.
August 1503: Fernando de Noronha island was discovered on August 10, 1503, by a Portuguese expedition, organized and financed by a private commercial consortium headed by the Lisbon merchant Fernão de Loronha. The expedition was under the overall command of captain Gonçalo Coelho and carried the Italian adventurer Amerigo Vespucci aboard, who wrote an account of it.
January 1531: Martim Afonso de Sousa was a Portuguese nobleman and explorer who led the expedition to Brazil in 1530. São Vicente was one of the first colonial villages established by the Portuguese in Brazil as part of their efforts to secure the territory and expel the French.
January 1532: Expansion of Brazil by 1531.
January 1556: Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon founded Fort Coligny in nowadays Rio de Janeiro, in what constituted the so-called France Antarctique historical episode.
March 1560: The fortress fell and was destroyed on March 17, 1560 under the siege of Portugal's navy and troops under the command of Mem de Sá, third Governor-General of Brazil. Villegaignon had already returned to France, in 1558.
May 1604: In 1604, the English explorer Captain Charles Leigh attempted to establish the settlement of Oyapoc in French Guiana, at the mouth of the Oyapock river. The territory was later ceded to the French, leading to the abandonment of the English settlement.
January 1606: The Fernando de Noronha archipelago was occupied by the Dutch in the 17th century.
January 1606: Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605.
January 1611: Macapá was claimed by Portuguese Brazil.
January 1616: The Portuguese mustered an army in the state of Pernambuco, which drove out the French settlers in 1615, less than four years after their arrival.
January 1655: By 1654 the Portuguese controlled the entire coast of modern-day Brazil.
January 1680: The New Colony of Sacramento (Nova Colónia do Sacramento) was founded by the Portuguese in 1680, led by Manuel Lobo. It was located in present-day Uruguay and later became part of Portuguese Brazil after a treaty with the Spanish.
August 1680: Garro, a Portuguese governor, sent a force of 3,400 men led by Antonio de Vera Mujica to capture Colonia del Sacramento from the Spanish on the night of 6-7 August 1680.
January 1682: The 1681 Treaty of Lisbon, negotiated by Spanish King Charles II and Portuguese King Afonso VI, returned Colonia del Sacramento to Portugal .
January 1695: Bandeirantes destroyed Quilombo dos Palmares.
February 1718: The colony of Colonia del Sacramento was originally founded by the Portuguese in 1680 but was later captured by the Spanish. In 1718, as part of the Treaty of Utrecht, the territory was officially returned to Portugal. Manuel Gomes Barbosa was the Portuguese official who took possession of the colony at that time.
January 1738: In 1737, the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha was taken over by the Portuguese due to its strategic location. It was then attached to the captaincy of Pernambuco, a province in Portuguese Brazil.
January 1750: The conflicts over the Southern colonial frontiers led to the signing of the Treaty of Madrid (1750), in which Spain and Portugal agreed to a considerable Southwestward expansion of colonial Brazil. According to the treaty, Colonia de Sacramento was to be given to Spain in exchange for the territories of São Miguel das Missões, a region occupied by Jesuit missions dedicated to evangelizing the Guaraní natives.
January 1755: Expansion of Brazil by 1754.
January 1791: By 1790, the Spanish Empire in America had expanded further inland in both South and North America, acquired the Galápagos Islands, and controlled California as well as parts of Oregon. Southern Argentina was only nominally under Spanish rule.
January 1791: Expansion of Brazil by 1790.
January 1809: Portuguese occupation of Cisplatina (Uruguay).
January 1811: The Rademaker-Herrera agreement, strongly desired by the British ambassador Lord Strangford, forced the invading Portuguese army to return to the Brazilian borders.
December 1815: The colony of Brazil was elevated to the rank of kingdom, and the kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve were united with a law dated December 16, 1815, in the context of the Congress of Vienna.
August 1825: In 1825, the region of Tarija declared its independence from the United Provinces of the River Plate. This territory was then incorporated into the Republic of Bolivia, under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre.
August 1825: Uruguay broke away from Brazil on August 25, 1825, after numerous previous revolts. Independent Uruguay formed a regional federation with the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, today's Argentina: it was an annexation.
January 1827: Modern-day Uruguay is ccupied by Brasil in 1826.
January 1868: In an 1867 treaty with Empire of Brazil to secure water rights to the Atlantic Ocean, Bolivia ceded 102,400 square kilometers of territory, hoping to break Bolivia's isolation.
January 1868: The territory of Acre was assigned to Bolivia in 1867 by the Treaty of Ayacucho with Brazil.
July 1886: Counani was created on 23 July 1886 in the area that was disputed by France (as part of French Guiana) and Brazil in the late nineteenth century.
July 1886: French founding of the Republic of Independent Guiana, commonly referred to by the name of the capital Counani.
November 1889: Proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.
January 1892: The territory of Counani returned under brazilian control.
August 1895: Expulsion of James Hardne-Hickey.
October 1898: The borders of Brazil with Argentina are defined by the 1898 Treaty (which is based on the Arbitration Award of 1895 ), issued by the President of the United States Grover Cleveland.
November 1903: The Treaty of Petrópolis settled the border between Brazil and Bolivia in favor of Brazil, which gained control of the region of Acre.
January 1905: In 1904 a Frenchman named Adolphe Brezet self-proclaimed himself "Président de l'État libre de Counani" in the Brazilian Amapa region.
April 1907: The Vásquez Cobo-Martins treaty of 1907 defined the border between Brazil and Colombia.
April 1907: Territorial change based on available maps.
January 1913: The Free State of Counani is disestablished by Brazilian authorities.
November 1928: Definition of the border of Colombia with Brazil.
January 1967: In the new Constitution of 1967 the name of the country was changed from Republic of the United States of Brazil to Federative Republic of Brazil.
Selected Sources
Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
Marley, D. (2008): Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the present, vol. II, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2008, p. 449 and p. 450
de Oliveira Marques , A. H. R.(1972): History of Portugal, Columbia University Press, p. 322-325
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