Republic of Brazil (The Great Brazilian Empire)

The Federative Republic of Brazil was an illegitimate State that existed from 1889 to 1894 in Brazil. It was an unofficial parallel government installed in its capital, and, later, in the city of São Paulo.

It was a federal parliamentary republic created after a military coup d'État against Emperor Pedro II. The army took over Rio de Janeiro, transforming the Imperial Court in a Federal District. The Imperial family took refugee in the city of Petropolis, in the province of Rio de Janeiro, where the imperial government temporarily installed the court.

With Rio de Janeiro retaken by the Empire, the republicans fled to São Paulo, where they installed the Federal Government. The province's capital was transferred to Campinas.

The Republic fell in 1894, when the imperialists took over São Paulo. The republicans were judged and executed for high treason and for attempting against the Empire.