State

Empire of Brazil

empire in South America between 1822 and 1889

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1822–1889
Founded
1822
Ended
1889
Capital
Rio de Janeiro
Government
constitutional monarchy
Languages
Portuguese
Preceded by
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesKingdom of Brazil
Succeeded by
BrazilRepublic of the United States of BrazilFirst Brazilian Republic

Overview

The Empire of Brazil (Portuguese: Império do Brasil) 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. A colony of the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil became the seat of the Portuguese Empire in 1808, when the Portuguese Prince regent, later King Dom John VI, fled from Napoleon's invasion of Portugal and established himself and his government in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. John VI later returned to Portugal, leaving his eldest son and heir-apparent, Pedro, to rule the Kingdom of Brazil as regent. On 7 September 1822, Pedro declared the independence of Brazil and, after waging a successful war against his father's kingdom, was acclaimed on 12 October as Pedro I, the first Emperor of Brazil. The new country was huge, sparsely populated, and ethnically diverse.

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All rulers (3)

  1. Pedro I of Brazil1822–1831
  2. John VI of Portugal1825–1826
  3. Pedro II of Brazil1831–1889

Records (40)

  1. 1822–1823 — Siege of SalvadorSiege
  2. 1822 — Battle of PirajáBattle
  3. 1822 — Battle of PirajaBattle · Brazilian Rebels ▸ Portugal
  4. 1823 — Battle of JenipapoBattle · Portugal ▸ Brazilian Rebels
  5. 1823 — Battle of MontevideoBattle · Brazil ▸ Portugal
  6. 1825–1828 — Cisplatine WarWar
  7. 1825 — Battle of SarandíBattle
  8. 1825 — Battle of RincónBattle
  9. 1825 — Battle of SarandiBattle · Uruguayan Rebels ▸ Brazil
  10. 1826 — Battle of Los PozosNaval battle
  11. 1826 — Battle of QuilmesNaval battle
  12. 1827 — Battle of ItuzaingóBattle
  13. 1827 — Batalha de Aquila/ArbolitoNaval battle
  14. 1827 — Battle of Monte SantiagoNaval battle
  15. 1827 — Battle of Carmen de PatagonesBattle
  16. 1827 — Ensenada combatNaval battle
  17. 1827 — Battle of BacacayBattle · Argentina ▸ Brazil
  18. 1827 — Battle of JuncalBattle · Argentina ▸ Brazil
  19. 1832 — Guanais FederationRebellion
  20. 1835–1845 — Farroupilha RevolutionWar
  21. 1835 — Malê RevoltRebellion
  22. 1837–1841 — BalaiadaRebellion
  23. 1837–1838 — SabinadaRebellion
  24. 1851–1852 — Platine WarWar
  25. 1851 — Uruguay campaignCampaign
  26. 1856 — Ibicaba RevoltRebellion
  27. 1864–1870 — Paraguayan WarWar
  28. 1864–1865 — Uruguayan WarWar
  29. 1864 — Bahia incidentNaval battle
  30. 1864 — Battle of Coimbra, BrazilBattle · Paraguay ▸ Brazil
  31. 1865 — Battle of Paso de MercedesNaval battle
  32. 1865 — Battle of Sao BorjaBattle · Paraguay ▸ Brazil
  33. 1865 — Battle of UruguayanaBattle · Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay ▸ Paraguay
  34. 1867 — Siege of CurupaitiNaval battle
  35. 1867 — Battle of AlegreNaval battle
  36. 1868 — Battle of Lomas ValentinasBattle
  37. 1868 — Passage of HumaitáNaval battle
  38. 1868 — Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima BarrosNaval battle
  39. 1894 — Queimado insurrectionRebellion
  40. 1897 — War of CanudosWar

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