Rebels (Brazil)
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Rebel-controlled territories during the Cabanagem Revolution in Brazil.
Establishment
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.
September 1835: General Bento Gonçalves captured the capital, Porto Alegre, beginning an uprising against the perceived unfair trade reinforced by the provincial government.
Chronology
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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.
1.1.Cabanagem Revolt
Was a popular revolution and pro-separatist movement that occurred in the then province of Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil.
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.
1.2.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.
1.2.1.Ragamuffin revolt
Was the initial phase of revolt of the Ragamuffin War.
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.
Disestablishment
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.
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