In Chile she met personally Bernardo O'Higgins
, the first president of the new republic just struggling free of Spanish rule. Another friend from this period was the brilliant, maverick Lord Cochrane
(later Earl of...
Occupation
Maria Callcott
At Rio the future MC
had a cousin, whom she nursed through an illness. She also began, after her mourning period for her husband, to move in fashionable society. After eight months in Brazil she...
Timeline
December 1807: A French army occupied Lisbon; Napoleon had...
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December 1807
A French army occupied Lisbon; Napoleon
had ordered the invasion of Portugal because it was defying the Berlin Decrees which prohibited trade with Britain.
Collier, Simon. “Old Iron-Arse”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 30-1.
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7 September 1822: Brazil was declared independent from Portugal...
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7 September 1822
Brazil was declared independent from Portugal by its former Portuguese regent, who constituted himself Emperor Pedro I of Brazil
.
The World Factbook. http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060716100200/http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.
under Brazil
“Library of Congress Country Studies”. Country Studies/Area Handbook Series, 2003.
4 July 1828: Following the death of John VI on 10 March...
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4 July 1828
Following the death of John VI
on 10 March 1826, his son Dom Miguel
(after a New Year visit to London seeking British support) assumed the title of King of Portugal.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
67
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
July 1832: With the support of the British army, Dom...
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July 1832
With the support of the British army, Dom Pedro
(Emperor of Brazil since 1822) assumed the crown of Portugal at Lisbon; his deposed brother Dom Miguel
fled to Spain.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
