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1100. Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d (ʒi) ʒɐˈne (j)ɾu] ⓘ [6]), or simply Rio, [7] is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of ...
History of Rio de Janeiro. Attack of French Villegagnon island by the Portuguese on 15 March 1560. Several years after the Portuguese first explored Brazil, French traders in search of pau-brasil (a type of brazilwood) reached the rich area extending from the Cape Frio coast to the beaches and islands of Guanabara Bay, the economic and, above ...
1743 - Paço Imperial built. 1750 - Carioca Aqueduct built. 1752 - Academia dos Seletos [pt] founded. [2] 1763 - Portuguese America administrative center moved to Rio de Janeiro from Salvador. 1770 - Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro consecrated. 1783 - Passeio Público constructed. 1792 - Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho ...
Brazil's first radio broadcasting station, the Radio Society of Rio de Janeiro, is founded; it is still working under the name Rádio MEC. 1924: 5–28 July: Military revolt in São Paulo. [178] 1925: 12 April: The Coluna Prestes movement is launched at a meeting in Foz do Iguaçu. [179] 29 May
Coastal cities of Olinda (founded 1537), Salvador (1549), Santos (1545), Vitória (1551), and Rio de Janeiro (1565) were also vital in the defense against pirates. Only São Paulo was an important inland city.
In response, Portugal founded the city of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1565 and, in 1567, established the Royal Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, appointing Estácio de Sá as its first representative. He died later that same year. [1] In 1570, the then governor of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Salema, assembled an army of ...
A landfill connected the island to the mainland in 1697, and various buildings were erected to defend the territory, but the Urca urban neighborhood was only built 300 years after the city was founded. [4] The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006.
In 2016, Rio de Janeiro was the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, making the city the first South American and Portuguese-speaking city to ever host the events, and the third time the Olympics were held in a Southern Hemisphere city. [80]