sep 7, 1822 - Brazil
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Brazil got their independence in 1822 from Portugal. "The French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars deeply affected Brazil, although the main events of those conflicts unfolded across the Atlantic.""The trigger event that leads Brazil to its independence is the invasion of the Peninsula by Napoleon, the same as it was for Spanish America. The French, lead by Jean Androche Junot (Bussy-le-Grand. France, 1771-Montbard, France, 1813) will entry to Portuguese territory in October 1807 with the aim to isolate by sea their eternal enemy, England. Due to these events, the British will offer protection to the royal family of Portugal and to its extended court in order to abandon de country towards Brazil. The regent John was the head (Lisbon, Portugal, 1767,-Lisbon, Portugal, 1826) as well as his wife Carlota Joaquina de Borbón, daughter of Charles IV."
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