- The history of Brazil starts with Indian People of the Americas, who arrived thousands of years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska and then moving south
- A military coup in 1889 established a republican government. The country has seen a dictatorship (1930–1934 and 1937–1945) and a period of military rule (1964–1985)
- Duarte Pacheco Pereira between November and December of 1498 [3][4] and some others say that it was first discovered by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón,
- Brazil was claimed by Portugal on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral.[