List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil

For a list of wars, see List of wars involving Brazil.

This article lists major rebellions and revolutions that have taken place during Brazilian history.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1822)

See also: Colonial Brazil

• Vila Rica Revolt (1720)
• Slave rebellions (peaked in the mid-17th century and persisted until abolition)
• Inconfidência Mineira (1789)
• Tailors' Conspiracy (1798) ^[1]

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

See also: Empire of Brazil

• Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828)
• Cabanada (1832–1835)
• Malê Revolt (1835)
• Cabanagem (1835–1840)
• Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)
• Sabinada (1837–1838)
• Balaiada (1838–1841)
• Liberal rebellions (1842)
• Praieira revolt (1848)
• Quebra–Quilos revolt (1874–1875)

Republic (1889–present)

1st Republican period (1889–1930)

See also: First Brazilian Republic

• Naval Revolt (1891–1894)
• Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)
• War of Canudos (1896–97)
• Vaccine Revolt (1904)
• Revolt of the Lash (1910)
• Contestado War (1912–1916)
• Juazeiro Sedition (1913–1914)
• Anarchist general strikes (1917–1919)
• Tenente revolts (1922–1927)
• Revolution of 1930

Vargas era (1930–1945)

See also: Vargas era

• Constitutionalist Revolution (July–October 1932)
• Communist uprising (November 1935)
• Integralist putsch (May 1938)

2nd Republican period (1946–1964)

See also: Second Brazilian Republic

• 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

Military dictatorship (1964–1985)

Main article: Armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship

See also: Brazilian military government

• Urban guerrillas (1968–1971)
• Frente de Libertação do Nordeste (1971) ^[2]
• Rural guerrillas ^[3]
  • Caparaó Guerrilla (1967)
  • Araguaia Guerrilla War (1972–1974)

See also

• Military history of Brazil

Notes

1. Ramos, Donald (1976). "Social Revolution Frustrated: The Conspiracy of the Tailors in Bahia, 1798". Luso-Brazilian Review. 13 (1): 74–90. JSTOR   3512717.
2. Claudinéi Cássio de Rezende (January 2010). Suicídio revolucionário. UNESP. pp. 16ff. ISBN   978-85-7983-082-2.
3. Hugo Studart (January–July 2012). [http://seer.bce.unb.br/index.php/emtempos/article/viewFile/7267/5671 "Em busca das memórias perdidas: o acessar aos arquivos secretos da ditadura e o desvendar das lembranças dos sobreviventes da Guerrilha do Araguaia"]. Em Tempo de Histórias 20. Brasília: University of Brasília. ISSN   2316-1191. Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine . (in Portuguese)