Brazilian sugar plantations in Pernambuco and Bahia (c. 1549–1800)

1. Olinda founded amid Pernambuco’s sugar boom

   Jan 1, 1535Labels: Olinda, Recife port

   • UNESCO
   • Duarte Coelho

2. Tomé de Sousa founds Salvador as capital

   Mar 29, 1549Labels: Tom de, Salvador

   • Britannica
   • Bahia WS

3. Early sugar mills expand the “engenho” system

   Jan 1, 1560Labels: engenho, sugar mill

   • Engenho
   • UNESCO

4. Jesuit estates develop plantations in coastal Bahia

   Jan 1, 1563Labels: Jesuits, Sant Ana

   • HPIP

5. Dutch capture Salvador to target sugar profits

   May 8, 1624Labels: Dutch West, Salvador

   • Capture Bahia
   • Recapture Bahia

6. Dutch expelled from Salvador after Iberian counterattack

   May 1, 1625Labels: Spanish Portuguese, Salvador

   • Recapture Bahia

7. Dutch seize Recife and Olinda in Pernambuco

   Mar 3, 1630Labels: Recife, Olinda

   • Siege Recife

8. Pernambuco planters revolt against Dutch rule

   Jan 1, 1645Labels: Insurrection of, planters

   • Insurrection
   • Brasil Escola

9. Portuguese forces retake Recife, ending Dutch Brazil

   Jan 28, 1654Labels: Recife siege, Portuguese forces

   • Recapture Recife

10. Treaty of The Hague confirms Portugal’s claim

    Aug 6, 1661Labels: Treaty of, Dutch Republic

    • Treaty 1661

11. Quilombo of Palmares resists plantation slavery

    Jan 1, 1694Labels: Quilombo of, maroon community

    • Palmares
    • Gilder Lehrman

12. Jesuit expulsion shifts land and plantation ownership

    Jan 1, 1759Labels: Jesuits, Crown confiscation

    • Pernambuco

13. Pombal creates Pernambuco–Paraíba monopoly company

    Aug 13, 1759Labels: Companhia Geral, Marquis of

    • Company
    • PT Wiki

14. Bahian Conspiracy reflects late-colonial plantation tensions

    Aug 12, 1798Labels: Revolt of, Salvador

    • 1798 Revolt

15. Sugar plantation system persists into 1800

    Jan 1, 1800Labels: Pernambuco plantations, Bahia plantations

    • UNESCO
    • Company