January 10
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DAY OF:
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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1639
Arrival of D. Fernando de Mascarenhas in Brazil with 26 galleons, in order to fight the Dutch invaders
1865
Departure of a battalion of volunteers to Paraguay.
1912
Bombardment of the city of Salvador (BA).
1917
Presidente Venceslau Brás decreed intervention in the state of Mato Grosso.
1939
Creation of Parque Nacional do Iguaçu by decreto lei nº 1.035
1946
Creation of Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial (SENAC; National Service of Commercial Training).
1948
Revocation of the mandates of PCB (Brazilian Communist Party) parliamentarians
1955
Election of journalist Assis Chateaubriand as member of Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Literature).
1960
Official installation of the municipality of Diadema (SP).
1973
First edition of Festival de Cinema in Gramado (RS)
1984
Big fire destroyed Mercado Modelo in Salvador (BA)
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2017
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