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Entangled histories

7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BRA LEFT · PRT RIGHT

1. 7 Jun 1494

   Treaty of Tordesillas

   Portugal and Castile divided the unexplored world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands, an agreement that underpinned Portugal's claim to Brazil.

   Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · The Age of Discovery · REFS 1 — Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

2. April 1500

   Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

   Pedro Alvares Cabral makes landfall on the coast near present-day Porto Seguro and claims the land for the Portuguese crown.

   Colonisation · from the Brazil chronicle · Portuguese Colony: Sugar, Slavery, and Gold · REFS 2 — Pedro Alvares Cabral, Brazil

3. 22 Apr 1500

   Cabral reaches Brazil

   A fleet under Pedro Alvares Cabral, en route to India, made landfall on the coast of Brazil and claimed it for the Portuguese crown.

   Colonisation · from the Portugal chronicle · The Age of Discovery · REFS 1 — Pedro Alvares Cabral

4. 27 Nov 1807

   Court flees to Brazil

   As a French army invaded, the prince regent and royal court sailed for Brazil under British escort, moving the seat of the Portuguese monarchy to Rio de Janeiro.

   War & Rupture · from the Portugal chronicle · Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil · REFS 2 — Peninsular War, John VI, king of Portugal

5. 1808-1821

   The court moves to Rio

   Fleeing Napoleon, the Portuguese royal court relocates to Rio de Janeiro, which becomes the seat of the empire and is opened to wider trade.

   Politics & Power · from the Brazil chronicle · Portuguese Colony: Sugar, Slavery, and Gold · REFS 2 — Brazil, Linha do Tempo da Independência

6. 7 Sep 1822

   Independence of Brazil

   Pedro, regent and son of John VI, declared Brazil independent and became its emperor, ending Portugal's rule over its largest and wealthiest colony.

   Colonisation · from the Portugal chronicle · Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil · REFS 2 — Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, John VI, king of Portugal

7. late 19th-early 20th c.

   Mass immigration

   Millions of immigrants, especially Italians, Portuguese, Spaniards, and Japanese, arrive to work coffee and settle the south, reshaping Brazilian society.

   Peoples & Migration · from the Brazil chronicle · The Old Republic · REFS 1 — Brazil