Industrial Age · South America · Politics

1889

Brazilian Republic Proclaimed

November 15, 1889

A military coup led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca bloodlessly deposed Emperor Dom Pedro II, who was put on a boat for Lisbon. The old emperor, a gentle constitutional monarch beloved for his learning, had alienated the army and the planters. Brazil became a republic by rumor, almost - the Rio crowds were reportedly bewildered by the change.

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Before and after in South America

Before: May 13, 1888: Brazil Abolition Aftermath
After: November 3, 1903: Panama breaks from Colombia

Before and after in Politics

Before: June 15, 1888: Wilhelm II Becomes Kaiser
After: March 20, 1890: Bismarck Dismissed

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)