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This is the timeline of significant events occurred in the Triangles and Crosses universe.
1789–91: A group of high-class intellectuals and military personnel on Brazil organizes a conspiracy that would become the Movimento de Minas Gerais. The movement is widely inspired by the Columbian Revolution and is interested in the autonomy of Brazil as a republic. The ideals of the movement spread throughout the country and reaches a similar movement in Bahia.
April 21st, 1791: The political leader Tiradentes declares the independence of Brazil in Villa Rica. The city is declared as the capital of the newborn country, as the War of Independence starts there.
February 26th–March 18th, 1796: The Battle of San Vicente was the last battle between the Portuguese Army and Brazilian revolutionaries before the Treaty of Ilhéus. The city was the last stand of the Portuguese administration in Colonial Brazil.
April 28th, 1796: The Treaty of Ilhéus is signed between the Portuguese Empire, represented by José Luís de Castro, and the Free State of Brazil, represented by Tomás Antônio Gonzaga. The treaty transferred the sovereignty of the Portuguese territory in South America to an autonomous government in Brazil.
July 13th–30th, 1796: The Battle of Rio Grande was the last battle in the Brazilian War of Independence against the Spanish Empire. The end of the battle saw the Spanish and Platine retreat from Brazilian territory and eventual surrender.
September 3rd, 1796: The Treaty of Montevideo is signed between the Spanish Empire, represented by the Viceroy of Río de La Plata Pedro de Portugal, and the Governor of the Captaincy of São Pedro do Rio Grande, Sebastião Xavier da Veiga, who represented the Free State of Brazil. The treaty ceded the provinces of Paraguay, Misiones, and Montevideo to Brazil.
January 9th, 1797: Queen Maria of Portugal abdicated due to the deterioration of her mental state. The independence of Brazil, the most valuable colony of Portugal, may have been the main cause of the deterioration, along with the death of her husband, her eldest son (and heir-apparent), the French Revolution, and the execution of Louis XVI. Her son and prince-regent, John VI, ascends to the throne of Portugal.
19th century[]
1807–08: King John VI of Portugal transfers the Portuguese court to São Felipe, in Newfoundland. The country was elevated to a kingdom, and Portugal became the United Kingdom of Portugal, Newfoundland, and Silves ("Reino Unido de Portugal, Terranova e Silves"). The colonies of Angola, Goa (India), and Mozambique were elevated to principalities, while the tributary state of Dahomey was elevated to viceroyalty.
1810–26: The Spanish American wars of independence starts. The war would effectively cease in 1826, with the independence of the last portion of Río de La Plata, which joined Peru to form the Andine Confederation.
1813: Brazil purchases the Spanish provinces of Mojos and Chiquitos. Both parts were interested since Brazil wanted to expand the territory, and Spain wanted to suppress the movements in South America.
May 30th, 1814: The Treaty of Paris, also known as the First Peace of Paris is signed between the Sixth Coalition and France. The allies reduced France to the original borders of 1792. The French territory in South America was ceded to Brazil properly by the United Kingdom, in exchange to abolish the slave trade, open ports for foreign trade, and extraterritoriality.
October 23rd, 1814: The Revolt of Cuiabá begins between the state of Mato Grosso and Brazil due to the abolition of slavery. The revolt would later merge with the Santa Cruz War, between Brazil and the recently-formed countries of Peru and Argentina. At the end of the war, as a punishment, the state of Mato Grosso was split, creating the state of Corumbá.
February 4th, 1816–March 17th, 1817: A coalition of Peru and Argentina declares war in Brazil to retake the provinces purchased by the country, causing the Santa Cruz War. The war ended with a Brazilian victory in their territories and a military stalemate in Peruvian and Argentine provinces. The treaty signed between both states established a status quo antebellum, with no territorial losses by either side.
August 24th, 1820: The Liberal Revolution of 1820 occurs in Portugal. It began with a military insurrection in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal, that quickly and peacefully spread to the rest of the country. The Revolution resulted in the return in 1821 of the Portuguese Court to Portugal from Brazil, except for Miguel, where it had fled during the Peninsular War, and initiated a constitutional period in which the 1822 Constitution was ratified and implemented.
February 21st, 1821–September 12th, 1829: The Greek War of Independence. A Hellenic state is established in Europe, with the territories of The Peloponnese, Saronic Islands, Cyclades, Sporades, Continental Greece, and Crete ceded by the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople, although it was included in the treaty, it was not under Greek rule until the Crimean War, becoming a de facto international zone.
September 7th, 1822–July 13th, 1824: Infante Miguel declares the independence of Newfoundland, creating the Newfoundland, and starting the Newfoundlander War of Independence against Portugal. The war lasted from January to November 1823, when Portuguese troops were defeated in Barcelos.
August 10th, 1833–April 27th, 1836: Brazil engages in a war against The Netherlands disputing the Guyana region. The war ends with Brazilian victory, the Treaty of Belém is signed between both nations and the Netherlands concede the Dutch Guyana to Brazil, terminating, albeit temporarily, the European presence in South America until the establishment of British Patagonia.
November 6th, 1837–March 16th, 1838: Francisco Sabino and the opposition starts the Sabinada Revolution (just known as "Sabinada" in Brazil). The main causes of the revolution were the dissatisfaction with the administration of Antônio Paes de Barros and the Brazilian–Dutch War. In the end, Paes de Barros resigned and the Interventor Manuel Nogueira da Gama assumed the office for the rest of the year.
July 15th–August 30th, 1847: The Caribou Revolution occurred in the Kingdom of Newfoundland. Since the independence, Newfoundland was an absolute monarchy ruled by Miguel I of Braganza–Labrador, and since then, the King was being pressured by the Columbian government to enact political reforms. Since the people were becoming unsatisfied with the autocratic regime, the movements started in July 1847 to an end in August of the same year, when Miguel appointed a provisional cabinet and started a transitional period to the adoption of a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system.
August 18th, 1851–February 3rd, 1852: The Platinean War is waged between a coalition of Brazil and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos, against the Argentine Confederation. The war was part of a dispute for the hegemony over the Platine region. The war ended in 1852 with the Coalition victory in the Battle of Caseros, establishing the Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region and the emergence of Brazil as a regional power in South America.
1857: Kongo is the subject of vassalization by Portugal. Reaffirming the presence of the country in Africa, Kongo is elevated to viceroyalty with a certain degree of autonomy compared to other Portuguese territories, since it continued to be ruled by the Mwenekongo.
August 1st, 1865–March 1st, 1870: A coalition of governors, led by the Governor of Paraguai Solano Lopes, in the West portion of Brazil secede and form the Assunção Republic, thus starting the Brazilian Civil War, which escalated to an international war after the invasion of Assunção in Argentina. The war would affect Brazil socially and culturally, since after the war started the largest immigration period in Brazil, mostly to São
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Paulo, Rio, and the former regions of Assunção. At the end of the war, as a preventive measure, the Territory of Chaco gained statehood.
October 18th, 1867: The Russian territory in Alaska is purchased by the British Empire, assembling the territory with the Dominion of Canada. In 1959, Alaska would become a province of the Canadian Confederacy.
1884–85: The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, coinciding with Germany's sudden emergence as a great power. The conference is considered a marking point in the Scramble of Africa. Portugal managed to keep Kongo and claim the territory between Angola and Mozambique. Brazil maintained the protectorate of Nova Pindorama.
20th century[]
1899–1930: The Coffee Republic is the period of Brazilian history from 1899 to 1930. The period is characterized by the dominance of the Republican Party after the merge with the Conservative Party, interspersed with the presidency of Rui Barbosa under the Liberal Party (in a coalition with the Republican Party). Although it is largely referred to as an oligarchic era in Brazilian history, some influential changes occurred during that period, such as the dissolution of the Electoral College and the adoption of direct elections for President, in 1905.
October 3rd–5th, 1910: The Revolution of 5th October, also known as the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic, was a political revolution organized by the Portuguese Republican Party which deposed the Portuguese monarchy in favor of a Republican regime. The royal family's expenses, changing religious and social views, the dictatorship of João Franco, and the regime's apparent inability to adapt to modern times all led to widespread resentment against the Monarchy.
1912: Theodore Roosevelt organizes the Progressive Party as a breakaway from the Republican Party. Though he wasn't elected as President, he remains active on politics, establishing the Progressive Party as a third major party, followed by the leadership of Robert M. La Follette in the 1920s.
July 16th, 1914–March 3rd, 1915: After disagreements between the new republican government of Portugal and the Province of Kongo, the Mwenekongo Manuel III declares independence from the Province, starting the Kongolese War of Independence. It was set on July 25th, 1915 with a Peace treaty between Portugal and Kongo.
July 28th, 1914–November 11th, 1918: Occurs the Great War, more known as the First World War, one of the deadliest conflicts in history. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the July Crisis, Europe was divided into two coalitions, the Triple Entente, consisting of France, the United Kingdom, and Russia (until 1917), and the Central Powers, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The war formally ended on 28 June 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
April 17th–25th, 1923: The 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party is held in Moscow. The congress was famous by the exposure of Lenin's Testament, which was essential to the rise of Leon Trotsky as the chairman of the Soviet Union, initially as part of a triumvirate, and Joseph Stalin's removal of the Central Committee.
1924–27: The death of the political activist Mahatma Gandhi leads to the split of the Indian National Congress, and the beginning of political instability and polarization in India, as the Communist Party rises as a large movement, led by M.N. Roy. The tensions between the Indian population and the British Raj eventually broke out into the Indian Civil War.
August 1st, 1927–July 18th, 1947: The Indian Civil War breaks out between Indian communists, supported by radical Indian nationalists; the pacifists of the Indian National Congress, and the British Raj. The independence movement is widely supported by the Trotsky-led Soviet Union, which was followed by the first of many crises between the British Empire and the Soviet Union throughout the war. The war would end after the British retreat of Ceylon and the effective union of Indian nationalists under the Communist Party banner, followed by the Proclamation of the People's Republic of India.
October 13th–27th, 1929: The Brazilian presidential election of 1930 elected the Liberal Alliance nominee Getúlio Vargas over the Republican Party's Júlio Prestes, ending with the 30-year rule of the Republican Party on Brazil, and inaugurating the Populist Era. Vargas would serve intermittently as President for sixteen years.
January 30th, 1930: Dámaso Berenguer manages to succeed in the dictatorship of Pedro de Rivera. The Second Spanish Republic isn't proclaimed, but there's a general civil disorder in Spain. He follows the inclination to the Italian, and then, German regimes.
September 1st, 1939–September 2nd, 1945: Second World War. Following the German and Soviet invasions in the Intermarium, the Allied Powers declared war on Germany, who's been allied with Italy, Japan, and Spain. As the Operation Barbarossa began, the Soviet Union, under Trotsky, joined the Allied Powers. The war ends with the Conference of Dublin. Italy is split between Padania (Northern Italy) and Naples (Southern Italy), Spain is dissolved into five states (Andalusia, Aragon, Castile, Galicia, and Navarra), and Germany is divided into three states (Bavaria, Hanover, and Prussia).
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