📅 21 April 1792
On 21 April 1792, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes, was hanged in Rio de Janeiro for his role in the 1789 Minas conspiracy. He was the only one of the principal accused whose death...
📅 12 Mei 1798
On 12 May 1798, a royal charter abolished the Diretório in the captaincy of Pará and set out new rules for Indigenous people in colonial towns and settlements. It criticized abuses by directors and...
📅 5 Yanüari 1785
The royal alvará of 5 January 1785 ordered most factories and manufactures in Brazil closed, protecting metropolitan commercial interests. Coarse cotton production for enslaved people’s clothing was...
