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Portuguese settlement of Brazil (1500–1650)

Portuguese settlement of Brazil (1500–1650)

  1. Treaty of Tordesillas divides Atlantic claims

    Labels: Treaty of, Spain, Portugal

  3. São Vicente becomes an early colonial town

    Labels: S o, colonial town

  4. Hereditary captaincies launched to promote settlement

    Labels: Hereditary captaincies, donat rios

  5. Duarte Coelho arrives to build Pernambuco’s colony

    Labels: Duarte Coelho, Pernambuco

  6. Salvador founded as colonial capital

    Labels: Salvador, colonial capital

  7. First Jesuit mission arrives with the governor-general

    Labels: Jesuit mission, Manuel da

  8. First diocese created for Portuguese Brazil

    Labels: Diocese of, Catholic Church

  9. French found France Antarctique near Rio

    Labels: France Antarctique, French settlers

  10. Rio de Janeiro founded amid anti-French campaign

    Labels: Rio de, Est cio

  11. Iberian Union links Portugal to the Spanish crown

    Labels: Iberian Union, Philip II

  12. Dutch West India Company chartered for Atlantic warfare

    Labels: Dutch West, WIC

  13. Dutch seize and then lose Salvador

    Labels: Salvador, Dutch capture

  14. Dutch capture Recife and Olinda in Pernambuco

    Labels: Recife, Olinda

  15. First Battle of Guararapes boosts Portuguese resistance

    Labels: First Battle, Portuguese resistance

  16. Second Battle of Guararapes further weakens Dutch rule

    Labels: Second Battle, Portuguese allies

  17. Portuguese forces recapture Recife, ending Dutch Brazil

    Labels: Recife recapture, Dutch Brazil