State of Brazil

1621–1815 state of the Portuguese Empire

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State of Brazil

Estado do Brasil

1530–1815

Coat of arms

Status| State of the Portuguese Empire
Capital| Salvador (1645–1763)
Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815)
Common languages| Portuguese
Religion

| Roman Catholicism
Government| Dependent territory under an absolute monarchy
Monarch|

• 1521–1557

| John III (first)

• 1777–1816

| Maria I (last)
Governor General/Viceroy|

• 1549–1553

| Tomé de Sousa (first)

• 1806–1808

| Count of Arcos (last)
History|

• End of hereditary captaincies

| 1549

• Transference of the capital to Rio de Janeiro

| 1763

• Inconfidência Mineira

| 1792

• Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil

| 22 January 1808

• Elevation of Brazil to Kingdom

| 16 December 1815
Currency| Portuguese Real
ISO 3166 code| BR

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Governorate General of Brazil

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| State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
| State of Maranhão and Piauí
| 1654:
Dutch Brazil
| 1630:
Dutch Brazil |

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1815:
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves |
Kingdom of Brazil |

The State of Brazil (Portuguese: Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.

## History

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In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created on June 13, 1621 by Philip II of Portugal.[1]

This action divided Portuguese America into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís.

The State of Brazil became a Viceroyalty in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from São Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

### Composition

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The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará (which became subordinate to Pernambuco later) and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the Tordesillas Line at that time (north to south):

* Captaincy of Rio Grande de Norte
* Captaincy of Paraíba (southern Rio Grande & Itamaraca)
* Captaincy of Pernambuco
* Captaincy of Bahia
* Captaincy of Ilhéus (became a comarca of Bahia in 1761)
* Captaincy of Porto Seguro
* Captaincy of Espírito Santo
* Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro (São Tomé and São Vicente first section)
* Captaincy of Santo Amaro
* Captaincy of São Vicente (second section, later renamed Captaincy of São Paulo e Minas de Ouro)
* Captaincy of Santana

### Captaincies created by the state

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* Captaincy of Alagoas 1817 from Pernambuco
* Captaincy of Ceará 1799 re-split from Pernambuco (previously existed as one of 15 original donatary captaincies)
* Captaincy of Goiás
* Captaincy of Mato Grosso
* Captaincy of Minas Gerais
* Captaincy of São Paulo
* Captaincy of Sergipe 1820 from Bahia
* Captaincy of Rio Grande do Sul (from region of Rio Grande de Sao Pedro)
* Captaincy of Santa Catarina

## See also

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* List of governors-general of Brazil

## References

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1. ^ Mundo Vestibular: BRASIL COLÔNIA

## External links

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Portuguese Empire

North Africa

15th century

|  1415–1640|  Ceuta

|

1458–1550|  Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir)
1471–1550|  Arzila (Asilah)
1471–1662|  Tangier
1485–1550|  Mazagan (El Jadida)
1487–16th century|  Ouadane
1488–1541|  Safim (Safi)
1489|  Graciosa

16th century

|  1505–1541|  Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir)

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1506–1525|  Mogador (Essaouira)
1506–1525|  Aguz (Souira Guedima)
1506–1769|  Mazagan (El Jadida)
1513–1541|  Azamor (Azemmour)
1515–1541|  São João da Mamora (Mehdya)
1577–1589|  Arzila (Asilah)

Sub-Saharan Africa

15th century

|  1455–1633|  Arguim

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1462–1975|  Cape Verde
1470–1975|  São Tomé1
1471–1975|  Príncipe1
1474–1778|  Annobón
1478–1778|  Fernando Poo (Bioko)
1482–1637|  Elmina (São Jorge da Mina)
1482–1642|  Portuguese Gold Coast
1498–1540|  Mascarene Islands

16th century

|  1500–1630|  Malindi

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1501–1975|  Portuguese Mozambique
1502–1659|  Saint Helena
1503–1698|  Zanzibar
1505–1512|  Quíloa (Kilwa)
1506–1511|  Socotra
1508–15472|  Madagascar3
1557–1578|  Accra
1575–1975|  Portuguese Angola
1588–1974|  Cacheu4
1593–1698|  Mombassa (Mombasa)

17th century

|  1645–1888|  Ziguinchor

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1680–1961|  São João Baptista de Ajudá, Benin
1687–1974|  Bissau4

18th century

1728–1729|  Mombassa (Mombasa)

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1753–1975|  Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe

19th century

1879–1974|  Portuguese Guinea

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1885–1974|  Portuguese Congo5

* 1 Part of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1753.
* 2 Or 1600.
* 3 A factory (Anosy Region) and small temporary coastal bases.
* 4 Part of Portuguese Guinea from 1879.
* 5 Part of Portuguese Angola from the 1920s.

Middle East [Persian Gulf]

16th century

|  1506–1615|  Gamru (Bandar Abbas)

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1507–1643|  Sohar
1515–1622|  Hormuz (Ormus)
1515–1648|  Quriyat
1515–?|  Qalhat
1515–1650|  Muscat
1515?–?|  Barka
1515–1633?|  Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)
1521–1602|  Bahrain (Muharraq • Manama)
1521–1529?|  Qatif
1521?–1551?|  Tarut Island
1550–1551|  Qatif
1588–1648|  Matrah

17th century

|  1620–?|  Khor Fakkan

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1621?–?|  As Sib
1621–1622|  Qeshm
1623–?|  Khasab
1623–?|  Libedia
1624–?|  Kalba
1624–?|  Madha
1624–1648|  Dibba Al-Hisn
1624?–?|  Bandar-e Kong

South Asia

15th century

|  1498–1545|

Laccadive Islands
(Lakshadweep)

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16th century
Portuguese India

• 1500–1663|  Cochim (Kochi)

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• 1501–1663|  Cannanore (Kannur)

• 1502–1658
1659–1661

Quilon
(Coulão / Kollam)

• 1502–1661|  Pallipuram (Cochin de Cima)
• 1507–1657|  Negapatam (Nagapatnam)
• 1510–1961|  Goa

• 1512–1525
1750

Calicut
(Kozhikode)

• 1518–1619|  Portuguese Paliacate outpost (Pulicat)
• 1521–1740|  Chaul
|   |  (Portuguese India)

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• 1523–1662|  Mylapore
• 1528–1666|

Chittagong
(Porto Grande De Bengala)

• 1531–1571|  Chaul
• 1531–1571|  Chalé
• 1534–1601|  Salsette Island
• 1534–1661|  Bombay (Mumbai)
• 1535|  Ponnani
• 1535–1739|  Baçaím (Vasai-Virar)
• 1536–1662|  Cranganore (Kodungallur)
• 1540–1612|  Surat
• 1548–1658|  Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)
• 1559–1961|  Daman and Diu
• 1568–1659|  Mangalore
|   |  (Portuguese India)

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• 1579–1632| Hugli
• 1598–1610| Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam)
1518–1521|  Maldives

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1518–1658|  Portuguese Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1558–1573|  Maldives

17th century
Portuguese India

• 1687–1749|  Mylapore

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18th century
Portuguese India

• 1779–1954|  Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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East Asia and Oceania

16th century

|  1511–1641|  Portuguese Malacca [Malaysia]

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1512–1621|  Maluku [Indonesia]
• 1522–1575|   Ternate
• 1576–1605|   Ambon
• 1578–1650|   Tidore
1512–1665|  Makassar [Indonesia]
1515–1859|  Larantuka [Indonesia]
1557–1999|  Macau [China]
1580–1586|  Nagasaki [Japan]

17th century

1642–1975|  Portuguese Timor (East Timor)1

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19th century
Portuguese Macau

|   • 1864–1999|  Coloane

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• 1851–1999|  Taipa
• 1890–1999|  Ilha Verde

20th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1938–1941|  Lapa and Montanha (Hengqin)

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* 1 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.

North America and North Atlantic

15th century [Atlantic islands]

|  1420|  Madeira

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1432|  Azores

16th century [Canada]

|  1500–1579?|  Terra Nova (Newfoundland)

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1500–1579?|  Labrador
1516–1579?|  Nova Scotia

South America and Caribbean

16th century

|  1500–1822|  Brazil

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• 1534–1549|   Captaincy Colonies of Brazil
• 1549–1572|   Brazil
• 1572–1578|   Bahia
• 1572–1578|   Rio de Janeiro
• 1578–1607|   Brazil
• 1621–1815|   Brazil
1536–1620|  Barbados

17th century

|  1621–1751|  Maranhão

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1680–1777|  Nova Colónia do Sacramento

18th century

1751–1772|  Grão-Pará and Maranhão

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1772–1775|  Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
1772–1775|  Maranhão and Piauí

19th century

|  1808–1822|  Cisplatina (Uruguay)

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1809–1817|  Portuguese Guiana (Amapá)
1822|  Upper Peru (Bolivia)

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