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State of Brazil
Estado do Brasil
1549–1815
Coat of arms
The State of Brazil in 1815
Status
State of the Portuguese Empire
Capital
Salvador (1645–1763) Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815)
Common languages
Portuguese
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Government
Absolute monarchy
Monarch
• 1521–1557
John III (first)
• 1777–1816
Maria I (last)
Governor General/Viceroy
• 1549–1553
Tomé de Sousa (first)
• 1806–1808
Count of Arcos (last)
History
• End of hereditary captaincies
1549
• Transference of the capital to Rio de Janeiro
1763
• Inconfidência Mineira
1792
• Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil
22 January 1808
• Elevation of Brazil to Kingdom
16 December 1815
Currency
Portuguese Real
ISO 3166 code
BR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Governorate General of Brazil
State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
State of Maranhão and Piauí
1654: Dutch Brazil
1630: Dutch Brazil
1815: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves
Kingdom of Brazil
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