The creation in 1836 of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation by Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz caused great alarm in the neighbouring countries. The potential power of this confederation aroused the opposit ...
Marshal Sucre was elected president of Bolivia in 1826, but political pressure from Peru and internal turmoil made it impossible for him to organize the new state. The very next year, an armed uprisin ...
Uruguayans are of predominantly European origin, with over 90.7% of the population claiming European descent in the 2011 census. Most Uruguayans of European ancestry are descendants of 19th and 20th c ...
La República Oriental del Uruguay originally meant the republic east of the Uruguay , but is now usually translated into English as the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. The government of Uruguay normally ...
Four ethnic groups were recognized in Imperial Brazil: white, black, Indian and brown. Brown (Portuguese: pardo) was a designation for multiracial Brazilians which is still officially used, though som ...
The nation enjoyed considerable international prestige during the final years of the Empire and had become an emerging power in the international arena. While Pedro II was receiving medical treatment ...
Main article: History of the Empire of BrazilIndependence and early yearsMain article: Independence of BrazilA map showing the Empire and its provincesThe Empire of Brazil (RS=Rio Grande do Sul, RN=Ri ...
Led by José Gervasio Artigas, the region theretofore known as the Eastern Bank, in the Silver River basin, revolted against Spanish rule in 1811, against the backdrop of the 1810 May Revolution in Bu ...
The issues that led to war were Gran Colombian claims, dating from colonial times, concerning control of the territories of Jaén and Maynas. The Royal Audience of Quito (Spanish: Real Audiencia de Qu ...
In the late 3rd century, by the end of the epoch of the barracks emperors in Rome, there were two Britannic Emperors, reigning for about a decade. After the end of Roman rule in Britain, the Imperator ...
Both kings and emperors are monarchs. Within the European context, emperor and empress are considered the higher monarchical titles. However monarchs heading empires have not always used the title—th ...
Main article: Descendants of John VI of PortugalJohn married Carlota Joaquina of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 December 1830) in 1785 and had several children:Name Birth Death NotesMaria Teresa, Princess ...
Jo?o Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael was born 13 May 1767, during the reign of his grandfather, Joseph I of Portugal, the second son of the future Queen Maria I a ...
At dawn on the morning of 7 April, Pedro, his wife and others, including his daughter Maria II and his sister Ana de Jesus, were taken on board the British warship HMS Warspite. The vessel remained at ...
After long negotiations, Portugal signed a treaty with Brazil on 29 August 1825 in which it recognized Brazilian independence. Except for the recognition of independence, the treaty provisions were at ...
