1820 in Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1820s</span> Decade of the Gregorian calendar

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Botafogo</span> Neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius</span> German botanist (1794–1868)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His most important work was a comprehensive flora of Brazil, Flora Brasiliensis, which he initiated in 1840 and was completed posthumously in 1906.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Provinces of the Río de la Plata</span> Federation of former Spanish Empire provinces in South America (1810–1831)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joaquim Manuel de Macedo</span> Brazilian writer (1820–1882)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basílio da Gama</span>

José Basílio da Gama was a colonial Brazilian poet and member of the Society of Jesus, famous for the epic poem O Uraguai. He wrote under the pen name Termindo Sipílio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sousa Caldas</span> Brazilian writer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves</span> Pluricontinental monarchy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matinhos</span> Place in South, Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Independence of Brazil</span> 1821–24 movement for Brazilian independence from the Portuguese Empire

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberal Revolution of 1820</span> Portuguese revolution establishing a constitutional monarchy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cotegipe</span> Town in Bahia, Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jaguaribe</span> Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda</span> Brazilian politician (1793–1870)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miguel Pereira Forjaz, 10th Count of Feira</span> Portuguese General

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazilian War of Independence</span> 1822–1823 war between Portugal and Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">State of Brazil</span> 1621–1815 state of the Portuguese Empire

The State of Brazil was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.

Revolutions during the 1820s included revolutions in Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the Italian states for constitutional monarchies, and for independence from Ottoman rule in Greece. Unlike the revolutionary wave in the 1830s, these tended to take place in the peripheries of Europe.

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal between 10 and 27 December 1820. They followed the Liberal Revolution on 24 August. These were the first parliamentary elections in Portugal. This election aimed to form assemblies in three levels: parochial, provincial, and the Constituent Cortes of 1820.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portuguese Constitution of 1822</span>

The Portuguese Constitution of 1822 approved on 23 September 1822 was the first Portuguese constitution, marking an attempt to end absolutism and introduce a constitutional monarchy. Although it was actually in force only for two brief periods, 1822–23 and 1836–38, it was fundamental to the history of democracy in Portugal. It was replaced by the Constitutional Charter of 1826.

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