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Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil while on route to India and claims the land for Portugal

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Sao Vicente is established as the first permanent settlement in Brazil by Portuguese explorer Martim Afonso de Sousa

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Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana completes the first navigation of the Entire Amazon river

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A Brazilian independence movement is stopped by Portugal, and it is celebrated on September 7th

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Jesuit priest arrives and begins to turn everyone into christians

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Portugal declares independence from Spain

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The first coffee bush is planted in Brazil by Francisco de Melo Palheta. Brazil eventually becomes the world's largest producer of coffee.

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The first constitution of Brazil is adopted. The country is recognized by the United States.

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The war of the Triple Alliance begins. Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina defeat Paraguay.