Events in the year 1831 in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
* (until April 7) Emperor
Pedro I
* (starting April 7) ''none'',
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
(''de facto''); Emperor
Pedro II (''de jure'')
Events
May
*May 2 - Emperor
Pedro I abdicates from his post, leaving the throne for his 5-year-old son
Pedro II. Since Pedro II was a minor, the country entered a
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
period until he reached the age of 15 in 1840.
Births
Deaths
References
{{South America topic, 1831 in
1830s in Brazil
Years of the 19th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...