United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

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Was a monarchy consisting of three kingdoms (Portugal, Brazile and the Algarves) that was formed in 1815 after Brazil was elevated from colony to kingdom. The Portuguese court had transferred to Brazil during the Napoleonic Wars. It ended factually when Brazil declared independence in 1822 and formally in 1825.

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Spanish American wars of independence

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.

1.1.Argentine War of Indipendence

Was the independence war of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (later Argentina) against Spanish rule.

July 1816: The United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata emerged from the May Revolution in 1810 and the Argentine War of Independence of 1810-1818.

1.1.1.Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Was a Portuguese military campaign during the Argentine War of Independence that resulted in the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental region (Uruguay).

September 1816: The Luso-Brazilian vanguard, commanded by Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia, occupied the city of Castillos.

April 1819: Argentine forces reached the village of San Nicolás, where they established headquarters.

June 1819: Battle of Itacurubi. Portuguese forces iccupy San Nicolás and the old jesuite reduciones.

January 1821: Meeting on July 15, 1821, the Cisplatinian Congress asked three days later for the formal accession of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve to the United Kingdom. The Province Cisplatina was eventually incorporated into the Portuguese kingdom.

2. War of Independence of Brazil

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).