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1494
In negotiations about the New World at Tordesillas, the king of Portugal insists on a new demarcation line which later brings him Brazil
1500
Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral, with a fleet of thirteen ships, makes landfall in Brazil
1549
Brazil becomes a Portuguese royal province, under the control of a governor general
1549
The first Portuguese governor general of Brazil selects Bahia (now Salvador) as his capital
1693
Gold is found in Brazil, launching the first great American gold rush
1759
The Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe
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