Rebellions and revolutions in Brazil

This page lists major rebellions and revolutions that have taken place during Brazilian history.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1822)

• Slave Rebellions (From its peak in the mid-17th century until the abolition of slavery)
• Inconfidência Mineira (1789)
• Tailors' Conspiracy (1798)^[1]
• Pernambucan Revolt (1817)

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

• Confederation of the Equator (1824)
• Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828)
• Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)
• Malê Revolt (1835)
• Sabinada (1837-38)^[2]
• Cabanagem (1835–1840)
• Balaiada (1838–1841)
• Praieira revolt (1848)
• Quebra–Quilos revolt (1874–1875)

Republic (1889–present)

1st Republican period (1889-1930)

• Naval Revolt (1891–94)
• Federalist Riograndense Revolution (1893–95)
• War of Canudos (1896-97)
• Vaccine Revolt (1904)
• Revolt of the Lash (1910)
• Contestado War (1912–1916)
• Anarchist General Strikes (1917–19)
• The Lieutenants Revolts 1922–1927
• The Brazilian Revolution of 1930

Vargas Era (1930-1945)

• The Constitutionalist Revolt (July - October, 1932)
• The Communist Rebellion (November, 1935)
• The Fascist Putsch (May, 1938)

2nd Republican period (1946-1964)

• The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

Military dictatorship (1964-1985)

• Urban Guerrillas (1968-71)
• Rural Guerrillas^[3]
  • Caparaó guerrilla (1967)
  • Araguaia guerrilla (1972-74)

See also

• Brazilian War of Independence
• Military history of Brazil

Notes