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The Vilafrancada was an attempt by prince Miguel of Portugal to overthrow his father, king John VI. A supporter of absolutism, Miguel sought to overturn the Constitution of 1822, which had been created after a revolution two years prior that, besides creating a constitutional monarchy, also...

The concept of a French Brazil is quite frankly fascinating and recently it got more attention with a few threads discussing the effects of such a POD, with even a timeline on the topic(Kurd Gossemer's l'Antartique, a great read I recommend to everyone) and of course Portuguese Brazil is very...

How could Brazil have become independent at a much earlier date than in OTL? Is it possible for it to happen even before the Spanish colonies?

It's a well known fact that in our timeline Brazil could have followed a similar path to the rest of Latin America and been separated into many different countries With that in mind, we have dialects and accents in parts of the country to this day, which is natural considering the continental...

Luís de Meneses, 3rd count of Ericeira, was a Portuguese noble and statesman who served as the king Pedro II's minister of finance from 1675 until his untimely death in 1690. During his time in office he pursued a mercantilist economic policy, banning or limiting the imports of certain products...

Bartolomeu de Gusmão was a Luso-Brazilian priest who, among other things, made the first serious attempt to create a hot air balloon in 1709, more than seventy years before the Montgolfier brothers' successful experiments. Unfortunately, not only did his demonstrations fail to impress the...

Spain invaded Portugal three times in 1762 as a part of the Seven Years' War, but their attempts to conquer their smaller neighbor failed miserably thanks to the scorched earth and guerrilla tactics adopted by the Portuguese. What if the invaders were able to protect their supply lines more...

Like it says on the tin. Could the Portuguese court move to Brazil like they did in 1808, but more than fifty years earlier? Was this ever seriously discussed at the time? IIRC there was a proposal to move the capital to Coimbra, but this was rejected. Could such a transfer be permanent, or...