A TIMELINE OF BRAZIL
By Tim Lambert
10,000 BC The first human beings enter Brazil
1,000 BC Some people in Brazil begin farming
1500 AD Pedro Alvares Cabral lands in Brazil
1501 Amerigo Vespucci sails to Brazil
1530 The Portuguese found a colony in Brazil
1549 Salvador is made the capital of Brazil
1624 The Dutch attack Brazil
1695 Gold is discovered in Brazil
1763 Rio de Janeiro is made the capital of Brazil
1808 The king of Portugal flees to Brazil
1822 Brazil becomes independent
1840 Dom Pedro II is crowned. Coffee growing in Brazil booms.
1864-70 Brazil fights a war with Paraguay
1889 The army overthrows the monarchy and Brazil becomes a republic
1929 After the Wall Street Crash the price of coffee collapses
1937 Getulio Vargas becomes dictator of Brazil
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany
1945 The army forces Vargas to resign
1950 Vargas wins an election but he shoots himself in 1954
1960 A new capital is created at Brasilia
1964 The army stages a coup
1970s Industry in Brazil grows rapidly
1977 Trade Unions, long banned are allowed again
1985 Elections are held
2002 Luiz Inacio Lula is elected president