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Brazil

Brazil: Historical Dates

AD 1500	The Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in eastern Brazil and claimed the land for Portugal.
1530s	Successful settlements developed at Recife and Salvador. Portuguese colonists used Native American and African slaves to work huge sugar plantations.
1763	The capital moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro, which had become Brazil's largest city and main port.
1822	Pedro I declared Brazil's independence from Portugal.
1888	Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
1889	Pedro II was forced to abdicate, despite Brazil's many advances during his reign. Brazil became a republic.
1930	Military forces overthrew the republic and named Getúlio Vargas as president.
1937	President Vargas was granted dictatorial authority in an attempt to help Brazil out of the Great Depression.
1945	Vargas was forced from office. The next year, Brazil returned to constitutional government.
1960	The capital of Brazil moved from Rio de Janeiro to the newly built city of Brasília in the country's interior.
1964	Seeking to prevent a Communist takeover of Brazil, military forces again seized power. The military rigged elections and curbed civil rights.
1985	Brazil regained a civilian government.
1988	A new constitution providing for a directly elected president was enacted.
1992	Facing impeachment proceedings in the Senate for corruption charges, President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned.
1995	Brazil joined Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in forming the Southern Cone Common Market, a free-trade organization also known by its Spanish acronym, MERCOSUR.
1996	President Fernando Henrique Cardoso issued a controversial presidential decree allowing non-Native American individuals, regional governments, and private companies to appeal land allocation decisions made by Brazil's Indian Affairs Bureau.