{"slug": "colonial-brazil", "label": "Colonial Brazil", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Brazil", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2088324", "qid": "Q2088324", "description": "Portuguese possession in South America (1500-1808)", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1500, 1814], "span_label": ["1500 CE", "1814 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "portuguese-empire", "label": "Portuguese Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "recife", "label": "Recife", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rio-de-janeiro", "label": "Rio de Janeiro", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buenos-aires", "label": "Buenos Aires", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sao-paulo", "label": "São Paulo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón reaches the northern coast of Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#January–March", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1534, "year_label": "1534 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Portuguese crown divides Colonial Brazil into fifteen donatory captaincies, hereditary titles similar to duchies. Rodrigo Ricupero, A Formação da Elite Colonial no Brasil (de 1530 a 1630) (Almedina Brasil, 2020),", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558671#January–March", "title": "1534", "revid": 1369558671, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires in what is now Argentina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#January–March", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Recife is founded by the Portuguese, in Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#January–March", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil's first capital, is founded by Tome de Sousa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#January–March", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#January–March", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is founded as São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro by Estácio de Sá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#January–March", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January", "text": "January – 8-year-old António Vieira arrives from Portugal with his parents in Bahia (modern-day Salvador) in Colonial Brazil, where he will become a diplomat, noted author, leading figure of the Church, and protector of Brazilian indigenous peoples, in an age of intolerance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#January–February", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – The colony of Quilombo dos Palmares, created by rebel African slaves in Brazil, is destroyed by the bandeirantes, colonial troops under the command of Domingos Jorge Velho. After a successful attack on its capital, Cerca do Macaco, the last King of Dos Palmares, Zumbi, flees after a reign of more than 13 years, but is later captured and executed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#January–March", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – Aleijadinho, Colonial Brazil-born sculptor and architect (b. 1730 or 1738)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#July–December", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}