Empire of Brazil

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. 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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Slaves in coffee farm by marc ferrez 1885

The locomotive 'Pequenina' (Little one), in the Bahia province, Brazil, c. 1859.

Juramento de Conselheiro de Estado do Império do Brasil do Barão de Monte Alegre

Empress Amélia of Brazil in her final years

Officer star of the Imperial Order of the Rose, Empire of Brazil

Panoramic view of Recife, capital of the Pernambuco province (northeast Brazil), in 1855, five years after the end of Praieira Revolution

Tomada da Ponte da Azenha

Timbre do Gabinete do Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros1880s

Murodepedras

Convoi Funebres de l Imperatrice Leopoldine by Debret

• A Educação Elitista e Elitizante no Brasil: Período Colonial e Imperial - , Q750553, 1977, online
• A questão indígena e o Impérioː índios, terra, trabalho e violência na província paulista, 1845-1891 - , Q750553, 2016, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1822	Battle of Pirajá	Empire of Brazil, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1825	Battle of Sarandí	battle, Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1826	Battle of Los Pozos	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, William Brown, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1826	Battle of Quilmes	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1827	Batalha de Aquila/Arbolito	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1827	Battle of Ituzaingó	battle, Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1827	Battle of Carmen de Patagones	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1827	Battle of Monte Santiago	Argentina, Empire of Brazil, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1827	Ensenada combat	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1851	Uruguay campaign	Entre Ríos Province, Empire of Brazil, military campaign, Colorado Party, National Party, Unitarian Party, Gobierno de la Defensa, Gobierno del Cerrito	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Bahia incident	United States, Confederate States of America, Empire of Brazil, skirmish, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1865	Battle of Paso de Mercedes	Paraguay, Empire of Brazil, naval battle, battle of the Paraguayan War	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Alegre	Paraguay, naval battle, Empire of Brazil	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Siege of Curupaiti	Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Empire of Brazil, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1868	Passage of Humaitá	Empire of Brazil, naval battle, Paraguay	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1868	Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros	Paraguay, Empire of Brazil, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1868	Battle of Lomas Valentinas	Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, battle, Empire of Brazil	Wikidata
event	war	1822	Brazilian War of Independence	Empire of Brazil, war of national liberation, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Wikidata
event	war	1825	Cisplatine War	war, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Empire of Brazil, Thirty-Three Orientals	Wikidata
event	war	1835	Farroupilha Revolution	civil war, Riograndense Republic, Empire of Brazil	Wikidata
event	war	1851	Platine War	Uruguay, war, Corrientes Province, Entre Ríos Province, Empire of Brazil, Argentine Confederation, Unitarian Party, National Party, Federalist Party	Wikidata
event	war	1864	Uruguayan War	Federalist Party, Oriental State of Uruguay, Uruguay, war, Argentina, Empire of Brazil, Colorado Party, Unitarian Party, National Party	Wikidata
event	war	1864	Paraguayan War	Argentina, Paraguay, Empire of Brazil, Triple Alliance, war, Uruguay	Wikidata
event	war	1893	War of Canudos	civil war, Empire of Brazil, Antônio Conselheiro, Brazilian Army, Military Police	Wikidata
commons	image		Slaves in coffee farm by marc ferrez 1885		Commons
commons	image		The locomotive 'Pequenina' (Little one), in the Bahia province, Brazil, c. 1859.		Commons
commons	image		Juramento de Conselheiro de Estado do Império do Brasil do Barão de Monte Alegre		Commons
commons	image		Empress Amélia of Brazil in her final years		Commons
commons	image		Officer star of the Imperial Order of the Rose, Empire of Brazil		Commons
commons	image		Panoramic view of Recife, capital of the Pernambuco province (northeast Brazil), in 1855, five years after the end of Praieira Revolution		Commons
commons	image		Tomada da Ponte da Azenha		Commons
commons	image		Timbre do Gabinete do Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros1880s		Commons
commons	image		Murodepedras		Commons
commons	image		Convoi Funebres de l Imperatrice Leopoldine by Debret		Commons