The Inconfidência Mineira or Mine Conjuration was a separatist movement that took place in the then captaincy of Minas Gerais in 1789. The objective was to proclaim an independent Republic, create a university and abolish debts to the Royal Treasury. The movement, however, was discovered before th
Ernesto Geisel was a military man, politician and the 29th President of the Republic of Brazil. He ruled the country from 1974 to 1979. Biography Ernesto Beckmann Geisel was born on August 3, 1907, in the city of Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul. He was the son of German Lutherans Wilhelm Augus
In the 20th century, after the discovery of the ruins of Machu Picchu, in 1911, and the tomb of Tutankhamun, in 1922, no other archaeological remains have moved the scientific world or aroused as much curiosity among the public as the discovery of the Funeral chamber of the Lord of Sipán, cataloged
TheMarquês de Pombal is the name by which Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Portuguese diplomat and prime minister, became known. He is part of the generation of rulers known as enlightened despots that affected the Kingdom and its colonies. Biography Son of Manuel de Carvalho e Ataíde and Teresa