Brazilian Days 088
March 29
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DAY OF:
Dia da Central do Brasil
(Central do Brasil)
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1992
Death of militant politician and writer Herbert Daniel
1549
Arrival of Tomé de Sousa, the first Governor-General of the Brazilian colony
1549
Arrival of the first Jesuits in Brazil
1693
Foundation of Curitiba (PR)
The city was originally named Vila de Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais.
1549
Foundation of Salvador (BA)
The city was founded by Tomé de Sousa, to become capital of colonial Brazil.
1808
Elevation of the status of Vila da Barra do Rio Negro, now the City of Manaus (AM)
1876
Cachoeira Paulista elevated to the status of freguesia, with the name Santo Antônio da Cachoeira
1869
Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva received the title Duque de Caxias
1858
Inauguration of the first section of the first railway in Brazil: “Ferrovia de Dom Pedro II”.
1968
Burial of student Edson Luís Lima Souto accompanied by 50 thousand people, in Rio de Janeiro.
1999
Reconstruction of the left ear of Wellington Camargo
The surgery lasted six hours.
2004
Shark attacked surfer at Boa Viagem, Recife
2005
Journalist and writer Jean won Big Brother Brasil 5 and gained one million reais.
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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