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  2. French invasions of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    French invasions in Brazil date back to the earliest days of Portuguese colonization up until the end of the 19th century. [ 1 ] The attacks, initially as part of Francis I of France's challenge to the Treaty of Tordesillas , encouraged the practice of looting for the barter of brazilwood and supported the attempts to colonize the coast of Rio ...

  3. Amapá Question - Wikipedia

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    The French intrusion into Amapá took place on 15 May 1895, on the border between the Brazilian Amapá state and French Guiana, the culminating event of the territorial dispute known in Portuguese as the Questão do Amapá (Amapá Question). This event marked Captain Charles-Louis Lunier leading French troops in a invasion of Brazilian territory.

  4. List of wars involving Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Emergence of Brazil as the hegemonic power in the Platine region. Uruguayan War (1864–1865) Brazil Colorados Unitarians Argentina Uruguay Blancos Federalists Paraguay (support) Victory. Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party; Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan War.

  5. Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Anticipating the French invasion, John ordered the transfer of the Portuguese royal court to Brazil before he could be deposed. Setting sail for Brazil on 29 November 1807, the royal party navigated under the protection of the British Royal Navy , and eight ships of the line, five frigates, and four smaller vessels of the Portuguese Navy ...

  6. History of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    From the 16th to the early 19th century, Brazil was created and expanded as a colony, kingdom and an integral part of the Portuguese Empire. Brazil was briefly named "Land of the Holy Cross" by Portuguese explorers and crusaders before being named "Land of Brazil" by the Brazilian-Portuguese settlers and merchants dealing with brazilwood .

  7. Empire of Brazil - Wikipedia

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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 .

  8. France Antarctique - Wikipedia

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    1550s accounts–based 1660s French map of Guanabara Bay. France Antarctique (formerly also spelled France antartique) was a French colony in Rio de Janeiro, in modern-day Brazil, which existed between 1555 and 1567, and had control over the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio.

  9. Military history of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Slave rebellions were frequent until the practice of slavery was abolished in 1888. The most famous of the revolts was led by Zumbi dos Palmares.The state he established, named the Quilombo dos Palmares, was a self-sustaining republic of Maroons escaped from the Portuguese settlements in Brazil, and was "a region perhaps the size of Portugal in the hinterland of Pernambuco". [1]