National Children's Book Day (April 18)
The National Children's Book Day is celebrated in the country on April 18 and is dedicated to promoting reading, especially in children's basic education. In this way, this date reminds us of...
The Guerrilha do Araguaia was a combat between communist guerrillas and the Brazilian Armed Forces. The fight took place in the north of the current state of Tocantins, between 1972 and 1974. Context...
The Baron of Mauá, Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, better known as Baron and Viscount with grandeur of Mauá, was one of the most illustrious figures in Brazilian history, standing out as a merchant,...
Dilma Rousseff's impeachment took place in August 2016. Dilma was removed by the Senate on charges of fiscal responsibility crime. Origin The authors of Dilma's removal request...
Japanese immigration to Brazil began on June 18, 1908 with the arrival of the first Japanese ship, Kasato Maru, in the port of Santos. Background At the end of the 19th century, with the Revolution...
The São Paulo Revolution of 1924 represented the largest armed conflict in São Paulo, lasting 23 days, led by General Isidoro Dias Lopes, during the government of President Artur Bernardes...
The Communist Intentona (Communist Uprising or Red Revolt of 35) was a political-military uprising occurred, initially in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, between 23 and 27 November 1935, during O...
Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco was the twenty-sixth president of the Republic of Brazil. He ruled the country between April 15, 1964 and March 15, 1967. Elected with 361 votes, the marshal...
The Day of Discovery of Brazil refers to April 22, 1500, the date on which the Portuguese arrived in the lands that would later become Brazil. Although it is not a holiday, the day is part of...
Diogo Álvares Correia, known as Caramuru, was one of the first Portuguese to settle in Bahia. He is considered the “biological father” of Brazil due to his marriage to an Indian woman from ...
Moderating Power is a prerogative of the monarch within the parliamentary monarchy regime. Conceived by Benjamin Constant, it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1824, in Brazil and in the Magna Carta...
Prudente de Moraes was a Brazilian politician and the 3rd President of the Republic of Brazil, who governed the country from 1894 to 1898. Prudente de Moraes was the 3rd president of...
Joaquim Nabuco represented one of the most important figures in the abolitionist movement in Brazil in favor of the liberation of slaves. She excelled in politics, literature, history and career...
Chica da Silva, born Francisca da Silva, was a freed slave who lived in Arraial do Tijuco, in Minas Gerais. The Chica da Silva myth grew from the 50s of the 20th century with the...
Anita Garibaldi (1821-1849), born Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro da Silva, was a Brazilian revolutionary who fought for the republic in Brazil and for the unification of Italy. Anita's Biography...
Republic Proclamation Day is celebrated on November 15th. On this day, in 1889, the military deposed Dom Pedro II, changing the regime of government from monarchic to...
The “Real Plan” was a neoliberal economic reform carried out in Brazil between September 1993 (when Cruzeiro Real was launched) and July 1994 (launch of the Real), during the government of...
National Book Day is celebrated on October 29 and celebrates the importance of reading and, consequently, of books in the lives of human beings. Books have the function of transmitting...
The Brazilian National Congress is a political institution that represents the seat of the legislative power in Brazil. Located in Brasília, in the country's capital, its function is to exercise...
What is racial democracy? Racial democracy is related to an ideal social structure in which all citizens, regardless of their race or ethnicity, have the same rights and are...
Campos Salles (1841-1913) was the fourth president of the Republic of Brazil. Farmer from São Paulo, lawyer, representative of the coffee elite of the State of São Paulo, took office in 1898, when the...
Rui Barbosa was a Brazilian intellectual, politician, lawyer, journalist, diplomat, orator and writer. One of the most important figures in the history of Brazil, he participated in the foundation of the Academy...
Nilo Procópio Peçanha was the seventh president of the Republic of Brazil, from June 14, 1909 and November 15, 1910. Nilo Peçanha was elected to be the vice of Afonso Pena (1847-1909) and...
The “Batalha dos Guararapes” was an armed confrontation involving the Kingdom of Portugal, supported by the Portuguese-Brazilian defenders of the Empire and the invading army of the Republic of the Seven Provinces...
The Anthem of the Proclamation of the Republic has lyrics by José Joaquim de Campos da Costa de Medeiros and Albuquerque and music by conductor Leopoldo Miguez. Lyrics from the Anthem of the Proclamation of the Republic Be...
Luís Carlos Prestes was a Brazilian communist political military man who led two movements: the march called “Coluna Prestes” (1924-1927) and the “Communist Intentona” (1935). Founder of...
Delfim Moreira, 10th president of Brazil, ruled from 11.15.1918 to 07.28.1919. Despite the short period in the presidency, his term coincided with a rebellion in the former state of Goiás, strikes...
The monthly allowance was a scheme to embezzle public money, organized by some members of the Workers' Party (PT). These used the amount to pay federal deputies from the allied base in...
Antarctic France represented a French colony in the period of Colonial Brazil from 1555 to 1560, in the place that currently corresponds to the city of Rio de Janeiro. Historical context:...
Epitácio Pessoa was the 11th president of Brazil who governed the country from 1919 to 1922, during the period known as República Velha, after the brief mandate of the Minas Gerais native Delfim Moreira, breaking...
The Acre Revolution took place between August 6, 1902 and January 24, 1903, having as its main mark the dispute for control of the rubber business. At the end of the 19th century, the production of...
Hermes da Fonseca was a republican military and politician from Rio Grande do Sul who governed the country between 1910 and 1914. He was the eighth president of the Republic of Brazil being the nephew of the first ...
Brazil's Independence Day is celebrated on September 7 when Brazil gained political autonomy from Portugal. Proclaimed by Dom Pedro in 1822, the date of Independence is...
Vladimir Herzog was a Brazilian-born Yugoslav Jewish journalist. He was assassinated on October 25, 1975 during the period of military rule in Brazil. The fact became an important...
Maria Quitéria de Jesus (1792-1853) was a Brazilian soldier who fought for independence in Bahia. She was the first woman to join a military unit in Brazil. Who was Mary...
Washington Luís was considered the last president of the period that became known as the Old Republic. Washington created free food fairs Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, in...
Arthur Bernardes was the 12th President of the Republic during the period of the Old Republic (1889-1930), and governed the country from 1922 to 1926. He was part of the café au lait policy, led by the ...
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, guitarist, pianist, flutist, arranger and producer. He recorded over thirty albums, was one of the inventors of ...
Wenceslau Braz was the 9th President of the Republic of Brazil, during the period of the First World War, that is, from 1914 to 1918, who governed after the mandate of and vice president of President Hermes da...
Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias, was born on August 25, 1803, in Porto Estrela, Rio de Janeiro and died on May 7, 1880, in Valença (RJ). Career military,...
