1872 in Brazil

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1872 in Brazil
Years 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874
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20 stars (1871–89)
Timeline of Brazilian history
Empire of Brazil
Year of Constitution: 1824

Events in the year 1872 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Monarch : Pedro II
Prime Minister : Viscount of Rio Branco

Events

January 9 - In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, granting reparations and territorial concessions.
Brazil held its first nationwide census in 1872, having a recorded population of 10 million.^[1]

Births

August 5 - Oswaldo Cruz; bacteriologist, epidemiologist, and public health official (d. 1917)

References

↑ "Population of Brazil by ethnicity and slave status in 1872 - Statista". Statista. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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v t e Years in Brazil (1822–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 1872 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

v t e 1872 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
North America	Mexico
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies not included. Semi-autonomous territories are in italics.

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