Rio de Janeiro
City
Capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960, and of the Portuguese Empire while the court lived there (1808-21).
Held by
- 1789 – September 6, 1822 Portugal
- September 7, 1822 – November 15, 1889 Empire of Brazil
- since November 15, 1889 Brazil
Capital of
- September 7, 1822 – November 15, 1889 Empire of Brazil
- September 7, 1822 – April 22, 1960 Brazil
Events here 12
- August 29, 1825 Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)
- August 27, 1828 Preliminary Peace Convention (1828)
- May 13, 1888 Lei Áurea
- November 15, 1889 Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)
- 1893 Brazilian Naval Revolts
- 1947 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
- June 3–14, 1992 Earth Summit
- June 4, 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- June 8, 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
- January 17, 2011 January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
- September 2, 2018 National Museum of Brazil fire
- November 18–19, 2024 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit