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The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic (Portuguese: República Velha, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁeˈpublikɐ ˈvɛʎɐ]), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930.
15 oct. 2017 · Brazil’s First Republic. Proclamation of the Republic. Painting by Benedito Calixto. By TBR Newsroom. Oct 15, 2017 19:16 5 min read (Updated: Nov 14, 2019 20:01) On November 15, 1889, a group of military personnel seized the Imperial Government of Pedro II and ended the monarchy, 67 years after our independence from the Portuguese colonial ...
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous , with over 205 million inhabitants.
Pedro II was deposed on November 15, 1889, by a Republican military coup led by General Deodoro da Fonseca, who became the country's first de facto president through military ascension. The country's name became the Republic of the United States of Brazil (which in 1967 was changed to Federative Republic of Brazil ).
The Portuguese crown made the first systematic effort to establish a government in Brazil in 1533. It divided the colony into 15 hereditary captaincies, or fiefs, each extending 50 leagues—i.e., about 160 miles (260 km)—along the coast and an indefinite distance inland.
Brazil: the social and political structure of the First Republic, 1889–1930; By Boris Fausto, Universidade de Sào Paulo Edited by Leslie Bethell, University College London; Book: The Cambridge History of Latin America; Online publication: 28 March 2008; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521245173.022
It was first settled by the Portuguese in the early 1530s on the northeastern coast and at São Vicente (near modern São Paulo ); the French and Dutch created small settlements over the next century. A viceroyalty was established in 1640, and Rio de Janeiro became the capital in 1763.
