This article lists major

rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

s and

revolution In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elements ...

s that have taken place during Brazilian history.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1822)

* Vila Rica Revolt (1720) *

Slave rebellions A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of slaves have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in the past. A desire for freedom and the dream o ...

(peaked in the mid-17th century and persisted until

abolition Abolition refers to the act of putting an end to something by law, and may refer to: *Abolitionism, abolition of slavery *Capital punishment#Abolition of capital punishment, Abolition of the death penalty, also called capital punishment *Abolitio ...

) * (1789) * Tailors' Conspiracy (1798)

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

* Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828) * Cabanada (1832–1835) *

Malê Revolt Male, in biology, is the half of a sex system that produces sperm cells. Male may also refer to: Gender * Male, the gender of men and boys ** Man, a male adult ** Boy, a young male person, usually a child or adolescent ** Masculinity, attributes ...

(1835) * Cabanagem (1835–1840) *

Ragamuffin War The Ragamuffin War, also known as the Ragamuffin Revolution or Heroic Decade, was a republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the province (current state) of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835. The rebels were led by Generals Bento Gonçalv ...

(1835–1845) *

Sabinada The Sabinada (1837–1838) was a revolt by military officer Francisco Sabino that occurred in Brazil's Bahia province between 6 November 1837 and 16 March 1838. Calling for the abolition of slavery and the redistribution of land, the rebel " Ba ...

(1837–1838) * Balaiada (1838–1841) * Liberal rebellions (1842) * Praieira revolt (1848) *

Quebra–Quilos revolt The Quebra–Quilos revolt (Portuguese: ''revolta do Quebra-Quilos'', literally, "revolt of the kilogram-breaker") was a three-month-long revolt in opposition to the proposed transition to the metric system in Brazil. The unrest took place from 31 ...

(1874–1875)

Republic (1889–present)

1st Republican period (1889–1930)

* Naval Revolt (1891–1894) *

Federalist Revolution The Federalist Revolution (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Revolução Federalista'') was a civil war that took place in southern Brazil between 1893 and 1895, fought by the federalists, opponents of Rio Grande do Sul state president, Júlio ...

(1893–1895) *

War of Canudos The War of Canudos (, , 1896–1897) was a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the residents of Canudos in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern state of Bahia. It was waged in the aftermath of the Lei Áurea, abolition of sl ...

(1896–97) *

Vaccine Revolt The Vaccine Revolt () was a popular riot that took place between 10 and 16 November 1904 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of Brazil. Its immediate pretext was a law that made vaccination against smallpox compulsory, but it is also ...

(1904) * Revolt of the Lash (1910) *

Contestado War The Contestado War (), broadly speaking, was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916. It was fought in an i ...

(1912–1916) * Juazeiro Sedition (1913–1914) *

Anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...

general strikes (1917–1919) *

Tenente revolts Tenentism () was a political philosophy of junior army officers (, , "lieutenants") who significantly contributed to the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that ended the First Brazilian Republic. Background The first decades of the 20th century saw ...

(1922–1927) *

Revolution of 1930 The Revolution of 1930 () was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, conclu ...

Vargas era (1930–1945)

Constitutionalist Revolution The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (sometimes also referred to as Paulista War or Brazilian Civil War) is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 wh ...

(July–October 1932) * Communist uprising (November 1935) * Integralist putsch (May 1938)

2nd Republican period (1946–1964)

1964 Brazilian coup d'état The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état () was the overthrow of Brazilian president João Goulart by a military coup from March 31 to April 1, 1964, ending the Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964) and initiating the Military dictatorship in Brazil, ...

Military dictatorship (1964–1985)

* Urban guerrillas (1968–1971) * (1971) * Rural guerrillasHugo Studart (January–July 2012). . 20. Brasília: University of Brasília. . . ** Caparaó Guerrilla (1967) ** Araguaia Guerrilla War (1972–1974)

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