Around 1465, before Christopher Columbus arrived in America (1492), the then hatun auqui (conquering prince) Túpac Yupanqui –who would later become the tenth ruler of the Inca civilization– undertook an expedition to the current islands of Polynesia –one of the sub regions of Oceania–. The mission p
The Fico Day, January 9, 1822 is the date carried out by the regent of Brazil, Prince Dom Pedro, who decides to go against the orders of the Portuguese Courts and remain in Brazil. The event got its name because, at the time, D. Pedro uttered the phrase that would become famous: This decision is c
Ichma or Ichmay (other variants:Ychma, Ychsma) is the name of a lordship or state entity from the pre-Inca era of Ancient Peru. It flourished on the central coast of Peru, in part of what is now the department of Lima, between the years 900 and 1470 of the Christian era, in the periods known as the
Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias , was born on August 25, 1803, in Porto Estrela, Rio de Janeiro and died on May 7, 1880, in Valença (RJ). Career military, he acted in practically all the conflicts that happened in Brazil in the 19th century. He participated in the wars of indepe