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  2. Maria Filipa de Oliveira - Wikipedia

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    The independence struggle against the Portuguese lasted a little over a year, with many battles centered on Itaparica. Maria Filipa is noted as one of three women who participated in the struggle for Bahia's independence in 1823, the others being the military figure Maria Quitéria (1792-1853) and Sister Joana Angélica (1761-1822). [1] [2] [3]

  3. List of first ladies of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    34 years, 106 days Floriano Peixoto m. May 11, 1872: 3 Adelaide de Morais September 17, 1848 – November 8, 1911: November 15, 1894 – November 15, 1898 46 years, 59 days Prudente de Morais m. May 28, 1866: 4 Ana Gabriela de Campos Sales January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1919: November 15, 1898 – November 15, 1902 48 years, 295 days Campos ...

  4. History of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Hahner, June E. Emancipating the Female Sex: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Brazil (1990) Hilton, Stanley E. Brazil and the Great Powers, 1930–1939. Austin: University of Texas Press 1975. Kerr, Gordon. A Short History of Brazil: From Pre-Colonial Peoples to Modern Economic Miracle (2014) Klein, Herbert S. and Francisco Vidal Luna.

  5. Independence of Brazil - Wikipedia

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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)

  6. Brazilian imperial family - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial House of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin, a branch of the House of Braganza, that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822 to 1889, from the time when the then Prince Royal Dom Pedro of Braganza (later known as Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) declared Brazil's independence, until Dom Pedro II was deposed during the ...

  7. List of presidents of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Having proclaimed independence of the Kingdom of Brazil from Portugal in 1822, prince Pedro, the son of king John VI, was acclaimed the first Emperor of Brazil on 12 October 1822. After abdicating the throne , on 7 April 1831, he was succeeded by his son Pedro de Alcântara, who reigned as Pedro II of Brazil.

  8. Empire of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    A Brazilian family and its female house slaves, c. 1860 Slaves and their free children on a coffee farm in Brazil, c. 1885. In 1823, a year after independence, slaves made up 29% of the population of Brazil, a figure which fell throughout the lifetime of the Empire: from 24% in 1854, to 15.2% in 1872, and finally to less than 5% in 1887—the ...

  9. Colonial Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The practice of leaving degredados in new lands to serve as interpreters came straight from the colonization of the islands off of the West African coast 80 years before Cabral landed in Brazil. [12] After Cabral's voyage, the Portuguese focused their efforts on their possessions in Africa and India and showed little interest in Brazil.