Transatlantic slave trade to Portuguese Brazil (1500–1807)

1. Treaty of Tordesillas sets Portugal’s Atlantic claims

   Jun 7, 1494Labels: Treaty of, Portugal, Spain

   • Britannica

2. Cabral’s landing begins Portuguese claim to Brazil

   Apr 22, 1500Labels: Pedro lvares, Brazil coast, Portuguese claim

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

3. Sugarcane cultivation expands in early Portuguese Brazil

   Jan 1, 1522Labels: Sugar plantations, Brazil sugar, Planter class

   • Fundaj
   • USP

4. Portuguese colonization accelerates in the 1530s

   Jan 1, 1530Labels: Portuguese colonization, Coastal towns, Plantations

   • Macmillan
   • USP

5. Salvador founded as a colonial capital in Bahia

   Jan 1, 1549Labels: Salvador Bahia, Colonial capital, Atlantic port

   • Macmillan
   • AARegistry

6. Luanda founded, strengthening Angola–Brazil trafficking routes

   Jan 1, 1575Labels: Luanda, Angola, Portuguese Africa

   • Guardian
   • WikiAngola

7. Quilombo dos Palmares emerges as a major maroon community

   Jan 1, 1605Labels: Quilombo dos, Maroon community, Afro-Brazilian resistance

   • WikiPalmares
   • WikiZumbi

8. Dutch capture Recife, disrupting Pernambuco’s sugar economy

   Mar 3, 1630Labels: Recife, Dutch Brazil, Pernambuco

   • WikiRecife
   • Macmillan

9. Dutch seize Elmina fort, challenging Portuguese slaving networks

   Aug 29, 1637Labels: Elmina, Dutch West, Gold Coast

   • WikiElmina
   • Macmillan

10. Palmares falls after Portuguese-led final assault

    Jan 1, 1694Labels: Palmares fall, Portuguese military, Cerca do

    • WikiPalmares
    • WikiPalmaresES

11. Zumbi captured and killed after Palmares’ defeat

    Nov 20, 1695Labels: Zumbi, Palmares leader, Afro-Brazilian symbol

    • WikiPalmares
    • WikiZumbi

12. Grão-Pará and Maranhão Company created to control trade and labor

    Jun 7, 1755Labels: Gr o-Par, Portuguese Crown, Amazon region

    • PtWiki
    • WikiCompany

13. Pernambuco and Paraíba Company expands regulated Atlantic commerce

    Aug 13, 1759Labels: Pernambuco and, Pernambuco, Colonial monopoly

    • WikiPernambuco
    • PtWiki

14. Jesuits expelled amid Pombal’s centralizing reforms

    Sep 3, 1759Labels: Jesuits, Marqu s, Expulsion

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

15. Portuguese royal court transfers to Brazil during Napoleonic crisis

    Nov 27, 1807Labels: Portuguese royal, Rio de, Napoleonic exile

    • WikiTransfer
    • Britannica

16. Ports opened to “friendly nations,” reshaping Brazil’s Atlantic trade

    Jan 28, 1808Labels: Open ports, Prince Regent, Brazilian ports

    • UNESCO
    • BN Brazil