The history of Brazil starts with indigenous people in
Brazil. Europeans arrived in Brazil at the opening of the 16th century.
The first European to colonize Brazil was Pedro Álvares
Cabral on April 22, 1500 under the sponsorship of the Kingdom of Portugal. From
the 16th to the early 19th century, Brazil was a colony and a part of the
Portuguese Empire. The country expanded south along the coast and west along
the Amazon and other inland rivers from the original 15 donatary captaincy
colonies established on the northeast Atlantic coast east of the Tordesillas
Line of 1494 (approximately the 46th meridian west) that divided the Portuguese
domain to the east from the Spanish domain to the west. The country's borders
were only finalized in the early 20th century.
On September 7, 1822, the country declared its independence
from Portugal and became Empire of Brazil. A military coup in 1889 established
the First Brazilian Republic. The country has seen a dictatorship during Vargas
Era (1930–1934 and 1937–1945) and a period of military rule (1964–1985) under
Brazilian military government.
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