1857 in Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Recife</span> Capital city of Pernambuco, Brazil

Recife is the fourth-largest urban area in Brazil with 4,054,866 inhabitants, the largest urban area of the North/Northeast Regions, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast corner of South America. The population of the city proper was 1,653,461 in 2020. Recife was founded in 1537, during the early Portuguese colonization of Brazil, as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco, known for its large scale production of sugar cane. It was the former capital Mauritsstad of the 17th century colony of New Holland of Dutch Brazil, established by the Dutch West India Company. The city is located at the confluence of the Beberibe and Capibaribe rivers before they flow into the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic. Its name is an allusion to the stone reefs that are present by the city's shores. The many rivers, small islands and over 50 bridges found in Recife city centre characterise its geography and led to the city being called the "Brazilian Venice". As of 2010, it is the capital city with the highest HDI in Northeast Brazil and second highest HDI in the entire North and Northeast Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Federative units of Brazil</span> Subnational administrative units of Brazil

The federative units of Brazil are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Republic of Brazil. There are 26 states and one federal district. The states are generally based on historical, conventional borders which have developed over time. The states are divided into municipalities, while the Federal District assumes the competences of both a state and a municipality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pernambuco</span> State of Brazil

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9 million people as of 2022, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km², being the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country, it is the sixth-most densely populated with around 89 people per km². Its capital and largest city, Recife, is one of the most important economic and urban hubs in the country. Based on 2019 estimates, the Recife Metropolitan Region is seventh-most populous in the country, and the second-largest in northeastern Brazil. In 2015, the state had 4,4% of the national population and produced 2.8% of the national gross domestic product (GDP).

Banrisul is a Brazilian bank. It is the largest bank of Southern Brazil and operates primarily in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), with a network that serves more than 365 cities. It has more than 1,312 service points, over 500 agencies and 593 ATMs in Rio Grande do Sul, in the Federal District and in the states of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and São Paulo; besides, it keeps agencies in Miami and Grand Cayman.

<i>Paubrasilia</i> Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood and is the national tree of Brazil. This plant has a dense, orange-red heartwood that takes a high shine, and it is the premier wood used for making bows for stringed instruments. The wood also yields a historically important red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">São Francisco River</span> River in Brazil

The São Francisco River is a large river in Brazil. With a length of 2,914 kilometres (1,811 mi), it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil. It used to be known as the Opara by the indigenous people before colonisation, and is today also known as "Velho Chico".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captaincies of Brazil</span> 1534–1549 Portuguese hereditary fiefs of Brazil

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northeast Region, Brazil</span> Region in Brazil

The Northeast Region of Brazil is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comprises nine: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia, along with the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré</span>

Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré was a Brazilian admiral of the Imperial Navy of Brazil. He dedicated his life to the Brazilian Navy, including a life-long membership in Brazil's Military and Justice Council, then Supreme Military Court, from its inception until 1891, when the Republican Government granted him leave.

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

Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda was a politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. His long political career spanned the reigns of John VI, Pedro I and Pedro II. He was also one of the founders of the Brazilian Conservative Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duarte Coelho</span> Portuguese colonial administsrator

Duarte Coelho Pereira was a nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He was the first Donatario of the captaincy of Pernambuco and founder of Olinda.

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

The Brazilian War of Independence, was waged between the newly independent Brazilian Empire and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, which had just undergone the Liberal Revolution of 1820. It lasted from February 1822, when the first skirmishes took place, to March 1824, with the surrender of the Portuguese garrison in Montevideo. The war was fought on land and sea and involved both regular forces and civilian militia. Land and naval battles took place in the territories of Bahia, Cisplatina and Rio de Janeiro provinces, the vice-kingdom of Grão-Pará, and in Maranhão and Pernambuco, which today are part of Ceará, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte states.

<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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 in Brazil</span> Brazil-related events during 2008

Events from the year 2008 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1937 in Brazil</span> Brazil-related events during 1937

Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 in Brazil</span> Brazil-related events during the year of 2000

Events in the year 2000 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antônio Luís Pereira da Cunha, Marquis of Inhambupe</span> Brazilian politician

Antônio Luís Pereira da Cunha, first and only viscount of Inhambupe de Cima and marquis of Inhambupe, was a Brazilian magistrate, appellate judge (desembargador) and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">José Paulo Cavalcanti Filho</span> Brazilian lawyer and writer

José Paulo Cavalcanti Filho is a Brazilian lawyer and writer. He graduated from the Recife Faculty of Law. He was secretary general of the Ministry of Justice and (interim) Minister of Justice, under former president José Sarney. He was also President of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), of EBN and of the Social Communication Council. Consultant for UNESCO and the World Bank, he occupies chair 27 of the Pernambuco Academy of Letters. As a novelist, he has more than 18 titles written, some published abroad. He is also a deep connoisseur of the work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. In 2012, he won the José Ermírio de Moraes award for his book Fernando Pessoa – a quasi-autobiography. It also won first place at the Book Biennial and the Jabuti Prize. He is the winner of the II Molinello Prize, in Italy. He also received awards in countries such as Romania, Israel, Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Russia, England and the United States.

References

  1. Burns, E. Bradford (1980). A History of Brazil. Columbia University Press. p. 198. ISBN   0231047487.