JoséBonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman,naturalist,mineralist,professor and poet,born in Santos,São Paulo,then part of the Portuguese Empire.
Domitilade Castro do Canto e Melo,1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee,then 1st Marchioness of Santos,was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I.
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19,1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16,1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27,1892. On May 6,2003,the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta OCist has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid SCI,who died on January 13,2021,was Archbishop Emeritus.
Events in the year 1900 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1906 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1921 in Brazil.
Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada was a Brazilian politician who played a leading role in the declaration of Brazil's independence and in the government the following years. He was twice Minister of Finance.
Events in the year 1922 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1976 in Brazil.
Events in the year 2005 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1956 in Brazil.
The Constituent Cortes of 1820,formal title The General and Extraordinary Cortes of the Portuguese Nation, also frequently known as the Sovereign Congress or the Cortes Constituintes Vintistas,was the first modern Portuguese parliament. Created after the Liberal Revolution of 1820 to prepare a constitution for Portugal and its overseas territories,it used a different system from the traditional General Cortes for choosing representatives,and the three traditional feudal estates no longer sat separately. The Cortes sat between January 24,1821 and November 4,1822 at the Necessidades Palace in Lisbon. The work of the Constitutional Cortes culminated in the approval of the Portuguese Constitution of 1822.
Joséda Costa Carvalho,Marquis of Monte Alegre,was a Brazilian politician,judge,journalist and magistrate. He was a member of the Permanent Triumviral Regency from 1831 to 1835 and Prime Minister of Brazil from October 8,1849 to May 11,1852.
The regency period is how the decade from 1831 to 1840 became known in the history of the Empire of Brazil,between the abdication of Emperor Pedro I,on 7 April 1831,and the declaration of age of Pedro II,who was legally declared of age by the Senate at the age of 14 on 23 July 1840.
Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Machado e Silva was a Brazilian judge,appellate judge (desembargador) and politician. At the time of Brazilian Independence,he often used the pseudonym "Philagiosetero" in his newspaper articles. He adopted the parliamentary name of "Andrada Machado".
Miss Brazil 1999 was the 45th edition of the Miss Brazil pageant. It was held on 8 April 1999 at Scala Rio in Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro State,Brazil and was hosted by Deise Nunes. Michella Marchi of Mato Grosso do Sul crowned her successor Renata Fan of Rio Grande do Sul at the end of the event. Fan represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 1999 pageant. 1st Runner-Up,Paula Carvalho of Rio de Janeiro,represented Brazil at Miss World 1999 and 2nd Runner-Up,Alessandra Nascimento of Minas Gerais,represented the country at Miss International 1999.
Francisco JêAcaiaba de Montezuma,first and only Viscount of Jequitinhonha,born Francisco Gomes Brandão,was a Brazilian jurist,diplomat and politician. He was a senator for the province of Bahia from 1851 to 1870,commanded two ministries during the regency of Diogo Antônio Feijóand was president of the Bank of Brazil.
