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Vaccine Revolt
The Vaccine Revolt () was a popular riot that took place between 10 and 16 November 1904 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of Brazil. Its immediate pretext was a law that made vaccination against smallpox compulsory, but it is also associated with deeper causes, such as the urban reforms being carried out by mayor Pereira Passos and the sanitation campaigns led by physician Oswaldo Cruz. At the beginning of the 20th century, the urban planning of the city of Rio de Janeiro, inherited from the Colonial Brazil, colonial period and the Empire of Brazil, Brazilian Empire, no longer matched its status as a capital and center of economic activities. In addition, the city suffered from serious public health problems. Diseases such as smallpox, bubonic plague and yellow fever ravaged the population and worried the authorities. In order to modernize the city and control such epidemics, president Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Rodrigues Alves initiated a series of urban a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Campo De Santana (park)
The Campo de Santana is a park located in the Praça da República in Rio de Janeiro, downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The name of the plaza refers to the fact that it is located near the site where Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil), Brazil was declared a republic in 1889. History During the Colonial Brazil, colonial period in Brazil, the area currently occupied by the park was an enormous swamp. Over time, the swamp was filled in and used as a public space. The region became known as "Campo da Cidade" or "Campo de São Domingos" and served as a divider between downtown Rio de Janeiro and the rural areas surrounding it. In 1753, it became known as "Campo de Santana". This name originated with a church that was constructed in the region that developed a large number of devotees. The church was demolished in 1854 to make way for the first urban railroad station in Brazil, the :pt:Estação_Central_do_Brasil, Dom Pedro II Station. Later, on the site of this first station, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abolitionism In Brazil
The history of abolitionism in Brazil goes back to the first attempt to abolish Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous slavery in Brazil, in 1611, to its definitive abolition by the Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Marquis of Pombal, in 1755 and 1758, during the reign of King Joseph I of Portugal, Joseph I, and to the emancipation movements in the colonial period, particularly the 1798 1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates, Bahian Conspiracy, whose plans included the eradication of slavery. After the Independence of Brazil (1822), the discussions on this subject extended throughout the Empire of Brazil, Empire period, acquiring relevance from 1850 onwards and a truly popular character from 1870 onwards, culminating with the signing of the Lei Áurea, Golden Law on May 13, 1888, which abolished History of slavery, slavery in Brazil. Imperial period José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, in his famous representation to the Brazilian Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avenida Central, Atual Avenida Rio Branco
Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, London * Avenue Road, Toronto Music and entertainment * Avenue (band), X Factor UK contestants * Avenues (band), American pop punk band * "The Avenue", B-side of the 1984 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark single " Locomotion" * "Avenue" (song), a 1992 single by British pop group Saint Etienne * Avenues Television, television channel in Nepal * ''Avenue'' (magazine), a former Dutch magazine Other uses * Avenue (archaeology), a specialist term in archaeology referring to lines of stones * Avenue (store), a clothing store * The Avenue, a Rugby Union stadium in Sunbury-on-Thames, England * L'Avenue, a skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Avenue, a GIS scripting language for ArcView 3.x * Avenues: The World School, school in New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lauro Müller
Lauro Severiano Müller (8 November 1863 – 30 July 1926) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat, and military engineer. Responsible for the transition of Santa Catarina from a province to a state, he is also recognised as one of those who helped achieve the Brazilian diplomatic victory over Bolivia through the Treaty of Petrópolis, which allowed for the purchase of Acre and its incorporation into Brazil. Müller occupied the 34th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1912 until his death in 1926. Biography Born in Itajaí, Santa Catarina, he was the son of the German immigrants Peter Müller and Anna Michels, originally from the Rhineland. On his mother's side, his first cousin was Filipe Schmidt, who also served two terms as President of Santa Catarina. A passionate follower of Benjamin Constant's positivism in his youth, he embarked on a military career in his native province after a brief stint in a merchant's office. His political career began in 1889, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joaquim Murtinho
Joaquim Murtinho (December 7, 1848November 18, 1911, born Joaquim Duarte Murtinho) was a Brazilian physician and politician. Murtinho was born in Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso, and moved to Rio de Janeiro for his education. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro and became a physician and later a politician. Murtinho initially served as Minister of Industry, and Commerce (1899–1902) under president Prudente de Morais; then pursued austerity measures as Ministry of Finance (Brazil), Minister of Finance (1898–1902) under president Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Campos Sales. Murtinho also served two non-consecutive terms as Federal Senate (Brazil), senator for Mato Grosso, 1890–1896 and 1903–1911. Murtinho's Empire of Brazil, Imperial-period birth home, Casa Dom Aquino, is preserved in Cuiabá and is the only of its type remaining in the city. It is also the birthplace of Dom Francisco de Aquino Correia (1885–1956), the Roman Catholic Archdiocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Presidency Of Campos Sales
The presidency of Campos Sales began on 15 November 1898, after he won the 1898 Brazilian presidential election, the 3rd presidential election held in Brazil, becoming the country's 4th president; and ended on 15 November 1902, when Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Rodrigues Alves took office. Campos Sales' government marked an era of transition in Brazil's political history. The Governors' Policy, financial stabilization and international relations are key aspects of this period. While his government was instrumental in stabilizing Brazil's economy with the first Funding Loan, it also consolidated an oligarchic political system that would later generate significant challenges. Campos Sales is remembered as a president who, at a critical moment in Brazilian history, sought to balance economic needs with the political demands of regional elites. The young First Brazilian Republic, which had been Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil), proclaimed in 1889, was still consolidatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Encilhamento
The Encilhamento was an economic bubble that boomed in the late 1880s and early 1890s in Brazil, bursting during the early years of the First Brazilian Republic (1889–1894) and leading to an institutional and a financial crisis. Two Finance Ministers, first the Viscount of Ouro Preto and then Ruy Barbosa, adopted a policy of unrestricted credit for industrial investments, backed by an abundant issuance of money, in order to encourage Brazil's industrialization. This policy of economic incentives created unbridled speculation and increased inflation, and encouraged fraudulent initial public offerings (IPOs) and takeovers. The name The word "encilhamento", literally "''saddling-up''", the act of girthing or mounting a horse, was a term borrowed from horse racing and used to refer to the speculative practice of seizing get-rich-quick opportunities whenever they unfold, in an analogy based on the popular Brazilian saying "An unmounted saddled horse doesn't appear twice." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Campos Sales
Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles (; 15 February 1841 – 28 June 1913) was a Brazilian lawyer, coffee farmer, and politician who served as the fourth president of Brazil. He was born in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. He graduated as a lawyer from the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco, São Paulo, in 1863. He served as a provincial deputy three times, general deputy once, and also as minister of justice (1889–1891), senator and governor of São Paulo (1896–1897). The pinnacle of his political career was his election as president of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ..., an office he held between 1898 and 1902. Austere financial reforms were adopted during his tenure under Minister of Finance Joaquim Murtinho (7 December 1848 – 19 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Port Of Rio De Janeiro
The Port of Rio de Janeiro () is a seaport in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... located in a cove on the west shore of Guanabara Bay. It is the third-busiest port in Brazil, and it is managed by Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro. History In the 1870s, with the construction of the Doca da Alfândega, the first projects for the development of the Port of Rio de Janeiro emerged. Decrees in 1890 authorized the companies Industrial de Melhoramentos do Brasil and The Rio de Janeiro Harbor and Docks to build a set of berths, warehouses and porches. The stretches were chosen between Ilha das Cobras and Arsenal de Marinha, and from Arsenal de Marinha to Ponta do Caju. In 1903, the Federal Government hired the firm C.H. Walker & Co. Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
National Congress Of Brazil
The National Congress () is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government. Unlike the state legislative assemblies and Câmara Municipal, municipal chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate (Brazil), Federal Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies (the lower house). The Congress meets annually in Brasília from 2 February to 22 December, with a mid-term break taking place between 17 July and 1 August. The Senate represents the States of Brazil, 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Each state and the Federal District has a representation of three senators, who are elected by popular ballot for a term of eight years. Every four years, renewal of either one third or two-thirds of the Senate (and of the delegations of the States and the Federal District) takes place. The Chamber of Deputies represents the people of each state, and its members are elected for a four-year term by a sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cortiço
Cortiço (, ), or gueto (Portuguese language for "beehive" and "ghetto" respectively; tenements), is a common Portuguese term used in Brazil for an area of concentrated, high density urban housing where people live with poor sanitation and hygiene conditions. Cortiço houses are typically divided into small rooms that are rented. Cortiços exist in large cities such as São Paulo, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and Recife. They originated in São Paulo, Brazil, during the late 1700s, and continue to exist in contemporary times in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Less common today, most cortiços are old buildings in the central, older parts of the cities. Overview Cortiços are typically large houses with interiors that have been divided into very small rooms for rent, typically with very little or no privacy. Cortiço residents are typically families who share a single room, with access to a shared bathroom and shared kitchen. Some units have a bathroom and/or kitchen in the room. Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
