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The Irish and German revolt (Portuguese: Revolta dos Mercenários) in Brazil was a revolt of German and Irish mercenaries in 1828 during the Cisplatine War of 1825–1828. . The immigrants, who were recruited in their homelands to come to Brazil, discovered that the promises made to them by the Brazilian government were not fulfil
The Cisplatine War [b] was an armed conflict fought in the 1820s between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over control of Brazil's Cisplatina province. It was fought in the aftermath of the United Provinces' and Brazil's independence from Spain and Portugal, respectively, and resulted in the independence of ...
The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War.It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by admiral Rodrigo José Ferreira Lobo, and a squadron of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of admiral William Brown.
The true number of the group has been the object of controversy, based on the existence of various lists of members, published between 1825 and 1832. While thirty-three is the officially accepted number, the names differ from list to list; it is unclear whether these differing names may be nicknames of the true members.
With the preparations for the Cisplatine War in 1825, political and military leaders from Rio de Janeiro began to worry that Brazil could win over Argentine forces, given that Brazil had veteran officers from the Peninsular War, the War Against José Gervasio Artigas and the War of Independence, moreover, the forces of the United Provinces of ...
Cisplatine War - 1825–1828; Uruguayan Civil War - 1839–1851; ... Uruguayan War - 1864–1865; Paraguayan War - 1864–1870 This page was last edited on 3 ...
Cisplatine War (3 C, 4 P) D. Decembrist revolt (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Conflicts in 1825" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
During the second year of the Cisplatine War, the Brazilians took advantage of their numerical superiority on sea and divided their naval forces operating in the Río de la Plata sector into three squadrons, or "divisions". The first division, "Bloqueio", was placed under the command of John Charles Pritz.