This article lists major

rebellion Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

s and revolutions that have taken place during Brazilian history.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1822)

Vila Rica Revolt The Vila Rica Revolt ( pt, Revolta de Vila Rica), also known as Vila Rica Sedition, was a colonial revolt against the Portuguese crown. It took place between June 28 and July 19, 1720, in Vila Rica, a city in the Royal Captaincy of Minas de Ouro ...

(1720) * Slave Rebellions (From its peak in the mid-17th century until the abolition of slavery) *

Inconfidência Mineira Inconfidência Mineira (; "Minas Gerais Conspiracy") was an unsuccessful separatist movement in Brazil in 1789. It was the result of a confluence of external and internal causes in what was then colonial Brazil. The external inspiration was th ...

(1789) * Tailors' Conspiracy (1798) * Pernambucan Revolt (1817)

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

* Confederation of the Equator (1824) * Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828) *

Cabanada The Cabanada or War of Cabanos was a rebellion that occurred in the Empire of Brazil between 1832 and 1835. it started shortly after the abdication of Dom Pedro I, during the regency period. Background The new regime was facing financial ...

(1832-1835) * Ragamuffin War (1835–1845) * Malê Revolt (1835) * Sabinada (1837–38) * Cabanagem (1835–1840) * Balaiada (1838–1841) * Liberal rebellions (1842) * Praieira revolt (1848) * Quebra–Quilos revolt (1874–1875)

Republic (1889–present)

1st Republican period (1889–1930)

* Naval Revolt (1891–94) * Federalist Revolution (1893–95) * War of Canudos (1896–97) * Vaccine Revolt (1904) * Revolt of the Lash (1910) * Contestado War (1912–1916) *

Anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

General Strikes (1917–19) * Lieutenant Revolts (1922–1927) * Revolution of 1930

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

* Constitutionalist Revolution (July – October, 1932) * Communist Uprising (November, 1935) * Integralist Putsch (May, 1938)

2nd Republican period (1946–1964)

* The

1964 Brazilian coup d'état The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ( pt, Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964), colloquially known in Brazil as the Coup of 64 ('), was a series of events in Brazil from March 31 to April 1 that led to the overthrow of President João Goulart by membe ...

Military dictatorship (1964–1985)

* Urban Guerrillas (1968–71) * Rural Guerrillas Academic article
about the topic ** ''Caparaó guerrilla ''(1967) ** Araguaia guerrilla (1972–74)

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