Inconfidência Mineira and late-colonial republican plots (1788–1792)

1. Tax pressures rise as Minas gold declines

   Jan 1, 1788Labels: Minas Gerais, Portuguese Crown

   • Britannica
   • Encyclopedia
   • UFF

2. Minas conspirators organize an independence plot

   Dec 1, 1788Labels: Inconfid ncia, Minas conspirators

   • UFF
   • Encyclopedia
   • Britannica

3. Joaquim Silvério dos Reis denounces the plot

   Apr 11, 1789Labels: Joaquim Silv, Viscount of

   • Silv rio
   • Encyclopedia
   • UFF

4. Additional denunciations deepen official suspicions

   Apr 20, 1789Labels: Denunciations, Colonial officials

   • IHGMG
   • UFF
   • Pamplona

5. Tiradentes is arrested in Rio de Janeiro

   May 10, 1789Labels: Tiradentes, Rio de

   • Britannica
   • Estado
   • UFF

6. Colonial authorities open a formal devassa inquiry

   Jun 22, 1789Labels: Devassa, Portuguese judiciary

   • UFF
   • Lu sVieira
   • ALMG

7. Suspects are imprisoned and evidence is gathered

   Jan 18, 1790Labels: Prisoners, Interrogations

   • ALMG
   • Estado
   • Encyclopedia

8. Court issues death and exile sentences

   Apr 1, 1791Labels: Court sentencing, Conspirators

   • Encyclopedia
   • Britannica
   • ALMG

9. Most death sentences are commuted to exile

   Oct 1, 1791Labels: Commutation, Exile to

   • Encyclopedia
   • Britannica

10. Tiradentes is executed and body displayed

    Apr 21, 1792Labels: Tiradentes execution, Public display

    • Britannica
    • Encyclopedia
    • Brasiliana

11. The devassa record becomes a key historical source

    Dec 1, 1792Labels: Autos da, Archival records

    • ALMG
    • ArquivoNac

12. Tiradentes is later recast as a national republican martyr

    Apr 21, 1890Labels: Tiradentes legacy, Brazilian republicans

    • Britannica
    • Brasiliana