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Date: 7 September 1822; 202 years ago (): Location: Brazil: Participants: Pedro, Prince Royal Archduchess Maria Leopoldina José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva: Outcome: Independence of the Kingdom of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and subsequent formation of the Empire of Brazil under Emperor Dom Pedro I (1798–1834; reigned 1822–1831)
Brazilian forces, consisting of regular troops, local militias, and a hastily assembled fleet, defeated the Portuguese garrisons to establish the Empire of Brazil under emperor Pedro I. The war formally ended with the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro in 1825, in which Portugal recognized Brazil's independence.
Maria Filipa de Oliveira (died July 4, 1873) was an Afro-Brazilian independence fighter, and is consisted a controversial figure. She is believed to be from island of Itaparica, Bahia, and was active during the Brazilian War of Independence. The independence struggle against the Portuguese lasted a little over a year, with many battles centered ...
Pernambuco was the first Brazilian province to secede from the Kingdom of Portugal, eleven months before the proclamation of Brazil's independence. On August 29, 1821, an armed movement began against the government of Captain General Luís do Rego Barreto – the leader of the Pernambucan revolt – culminating in the formation of the Junta de ...
Prince Pedro is crowned as emperor Pedro I of Brazil. 1822–1825: War of Independence of Brazil. [86] 1824: Confederation of the Equator rebellion in the Northeast. [87] [88] [89] The Constitution of 1824 is adopted. [90] 26 May: The United States become the first country to recognize the independence of Brazil. [91] 1825: 13 January
9 January: D. Pedro I refuses to heed the order of the Cortes of Lisbon to return to Portugal, initiating the process of Brazilian independence. The date became known as Dia do Fico. [1] 16 January: Dom Pedro I organizes a ministry formed by only Brazilians, under the leadership of José Bonifácio.
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The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II .