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1824 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1824 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Events
March
- March 25: The Brazilian Constitution of 1824 was adopted, establishing a hereditary Catholic monarchy headed by the emperor Dom Pedro I.[1][2]
May
- May 3: The first German colonists arrive in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro.[3]
July
- July 18: The first 39 German settlers from Rio Grande do Sul disembark in Porto Alegre.[4][5]
Births
- January 24: João Manuel Mena Barreto, brigadier
- February 17: José Antônio Correia da Câmara, Marshal and noble
Deaths
- August 20 – João José da Cunha Fidié, a Portuguese general who led the Portuguese forces in the province of Piauí and was killed in the Battle of Jenipapo
- September 6 – João Félix Pereira, a Brazilian colonel who fought in the province of Bahia and was wounded in the Siege of Salvador.
- October 20 – Álvaro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo, a Brazilian politician and diplomat who served as the first minister of foreign affairs of Brazil and negotiated the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro with Portugal.
