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John VI of Portugal

King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825

13 dated entries naming John VI of Portugal, drawn from 9 separate years between 1767 CE and 1826 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Joao VI of Portugal in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1767May 13 – John VI of Portugal, King of Portugal (died 1826)source
  • 176713 May – John VI of Portugal, king (died 1826).source

19th century

  • 1808January 22 – Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil: John (Dom João), Prince Regent, and the Braganza royal family of Portugal arrive in their colony of Brazil in exile from the French occupation of their home kingdom.source
  • 1816The French Artistic Mission arrived in Rio de Janeiro under the invitation of King John VI of Portugal. Led by artists like Jean-Baptiste Debret and Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, the mission aimed to establish European artistic and cultural standards in Brazil. This initiative later contributed to the founding of the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes, shaping Brazilian art and architecture and leaving a lasting cultural legacy.source
  • 1816March 20 - Queen Mary I dies at the age of 81, leaving the throne to her 48-year-old son John VI.source
  • 1820September 15 – Revolution breaks out in Lisbon against John VI of Portugal.source
  • 1821July 4 – Return of John VI from Brazil to Portugal who approves on that day the Bases da Constituição.source
  • 1822January 9 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portugal's King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.source
  • 1824April 30 – The April Revolt (La Abrilada) in Portugal begins when Prince Miguel acts against his Liberal opponents in defiance of his father John VI.source
  • 1825November 15 – King Joao VI of Portugal promulgates a law recognizing his eldest son, Dom Pedro, as the Emperor of Brazil.source
  • 1826March 10 – Dom João VI, King of Portugal and former Emperor of Brazil, dies six days after he had been served dinner while visiting Jerónimos Monastery. An investigative autopsy 174 years later will discover that he had been killed by arsenic poisoning. King João's, Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, sails back to Portugal and briefly reigns as King Pedro IV of Portugal, before turning over the Portuguese throne to his daughter, Maria.source
  • 1826March 10 – King John VI of Portugal (born 1767)source
  • 182610 March – John VI of Portugal, king (born 1767).source

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