* 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil ( d. 1996 )

* 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander ( d. 1880 )

The Brazilian Armed Forces (, ) is the unified military organization comprising the Brazilian Army ( including the Brazilian Army Aviation ), the Brazilian Navy ( including the Brazilian Marine Corps and Brazilian Naval Aviation ) and the Brazilian Air Force.

The Brazilian military has also four times intervened militarily to overthrow the Brazilian government.

* Brazilian War of Independence ( 1822 – 1824 ): Series of military campaigns that had as objective to cement Brazilian sovereignty and end Portuguese resistance.

* Contestado War ( 1912-1916 ): Was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.

( Initially composed of an infantry division, eventually covering all Brazilian military forces who participated in the conflict.

Although no military coups occurred during the 67 years of the Brazilian Empire, the Republican period experienced 4 military coup d ' états in the 75 years between 1889 and 1964.

* Proclamation of the Republic ( 1889 ): End of the Brazilian Empire, this was the first coup d ' état performed by the Brazilian military.

* 1964 Brazilian coup d ' état: President João Goulart is removed from office, leading to a military dictatorship which lasted until 1985.

Also in 2008 the Brazilian company Embraer showcased the Brazilian military transport aircraft, Embraer KC-390, and some countries already have shown interest in the aircraft, with France even placing orders.

The Brazilian government has announced that a Helibras factory in the city of Itajubá, Minas Gerais, will initially produce 50 units of the EC 725 and up to 150 new helicopters for the Brazilian military.

The ballet work is on the nose, especially in the opening number by `` The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band '', along with a fiery and sultry Brazilian fantasia later.

Usually Brazilian bocks are produced by local breweries or craft breweries, especially in the cities of German settlement in Santa Catarina State and also in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Most of them were Dutch, French, British ( English ), Arab and Jewish ( from Lebanon and Morocco ), Chinese ( especially from Macau ), American, and Brazilian ( including people of Portuguese and African descent ).

Paraguay's poverty was mostly a rural phenomenon, which increasingly involved competition for land in the eastern region near the Brazilian border, especially in the departments ( administrative divisions ) of Alto Paraná, Canendiyú, and Caaguazú.

The Uruguayan Chief of Police Intelligence, Alejandro Otero, told a Brazilian newspaper in 1970 that the OPS, especially the head of the OPS in Uruguay, Dan Mitrione, had instructed the Uruguayan police how to torture suspects, especially with electrical implements.

The carnival of Cape Verde, especially of Mindelo, have witnessed in recent years considerable influences from Brazilian carnival traditions.

In Brazil, especially in Minas Gerais, due to the abundance of soapstone mines in that Brazilian state, local artisans still craft objects from that material, including pots and pans, wine glasses, statues, jewel boxes, coasters, vases.

Notwithstanding these tribulations he left a lasting mark, especially in Brazil, creating numerous institutions and services that laid a foundation for national autonomy, and is considered by many researchers the true mastermind of the modern Brazilian state.

Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth ( March 20, 1863 – February 5, 1934 ) was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative Maxixe and Choro compositions.

Same size as the 000-15, constructed with higher-quality woods ( especially the more expensive 000-28ECB constructed from the extremely rare Brazilian species of rosewood, hence the " B "), a different shape to the neck, and more ornamentation around the edge of the body.

Samba has become the best known form of Brazilian music worldwide, especially because of the country's carnival, although bossa nova, which had Antônio Carlos Jobim as one of its most acclaimed composers and performers, have received much attention abroad since the 1950s, when the song " Desafinado ", interpreted by João Gilberto, was first released.

In particular, they drew support from military officers, especially in the Brazilian Navy.

Pernambuco was the site of the most important rebellions and insurrections in Brazilian history, especially in the 19th century.

The Brazilian linguist Cleo Altenhofen considers the denomination " mother tongue " in its general usage to be imprecise and subject to various interpretations that are biased linguistically, especially with respect to bilingual children from ethnic minority groups.

Slaves, especially those brought from Africa, provided most of the working force of Brazilian economy.

In the 2009 Brazilian soap opera Caminho das Índias ( Portuguese for " The way to India ") hijras are shown in some occasions, especially at weddings and other ceremonies where they are paid for their blessing.

Nowadays " Italian " polenta is much more common at Brazilian tables, especially in the southern and southeastern regions ( which have high numbers of Italian immigrants ), although some people still call it angu.

In some cultures as the Brazilian one, giving personal names to strangers in the telephone is a commonly avoided practice ( due to the regularity of faux kidnapping scams, as well various forms of civilian violence ), so one is expected to neither give it nor ask for it, especially if the called is from a background of middle or high income.

For historical reasons, the dialects of Africa are generally closer to those of Portugal than the Brazilian dialects, although in some aspects of their phonology, especially the pronunciation of unstressed vowels, they resemble Brazilian Portuguese more than European Portuguese.

The Great Economic Emigration, especially the emigration to Brazil, the " Brazilian Fever " as it was called at the time, was described in contemporary literary works by the Polish poetess, Maria Konopnicka, the Ukrainian writer, Ivan Franko, and many others.

The ganzá () is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music.

Beyond Amado's treatment of women and Afro-Brazilian culture, Tent of Miracles is a powerful satire of modern Brazilian institutions, especially the mass media and parts of academia.

An increasing percentage of the ranks are " long-service " volunteer professionals ; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks ; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.

Argentina refused Solano López's request for permission for his army to cross Argentine territory to attack the Brazilian province of Río Grande do Sul, Undeterred, Solano López sent his forces into Argentina.

Fortune brightened for the Indians around the turn of the 20th century when Cândido Rondon, a man of both Portuguese and Bororo ancestry, and an explorer and progressive officer in the Brazilian army, began working to gain the Indians ' trust and establish peace.

Palmeiras took the field carrying the Brazilian flag under the leadership of army Captain Adalberto Mendes.

Thus, during the Xth Conference of American Armies held in Caracas on 3 September 1973, Brazilian General Breno Borges Fortes, head of the Brazilian army, proposed to " extend the exchange of information " between various services in order to " struggle against subversion ".

On that occasion, under consent of the Brazilian military regime, high officers of the Uruguayan army secretly crossed the frontier, heading to Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul.

The Head of the Brazilian army ordered that it would doubled so they could defend them.

File: Brasilian army band 01. JPG | Brazilian Marines band at the 2005 Bastille Day Military Parade

Although it contains some leftist errors ( confused, to some extent, the two steps of the Brazilian revolution and underestimated the role of the national bourgeoisie in the revolution ), the Manifesto presented in essence a revolutionary line, urged the people to overthrow the regime of landlords and big capitalists in the service of American imperialism and provide for this a popular army.

* Max Wolff – Brazilian sergeant, an iconic figure of Brazilian army in World War II

A large contract for the Beretta 92 was with the Brazilian army, for which Beretta set up a factory in Brazil.

The Tenente revolts () of 1922 and 1924 – 27 were uprisings led by junior army officers (,, lieutenants ) that contributed significantly to the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.

Even then, Pico das Agulhas Negras was still thought to be the highest peak in the Mantiqueira Mountains, until a 2001 GPS measurement ( later confirmed by an official joint expedition of the Brazilian army and the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics ) showed that nearby Pedra da Mina was that mountain range's highest point.

The reorganization of the Brazilian army was done by Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca during the Pena administration.

Fearing a Brazilian invasion of Argentine territory, in mid 1826, President Rivadavia appointed Alvear as commander in chief of the Argentine army, which was in mutiny.

File: Exercito brasileiro 1851. JPG | Brazilian army officers during the Platine War ( 1851-1852 ).

In a quite predictable move, and in the light of the wave of conservatism led by the Holy Alliance, the prince used his influence over the Brazilian army to dissolve the Constitutional Assembly and imposed on the country a constitution that concentrated all powers on the prince himself ( eventually crowned " Perpetual Emperor and Protector of Brazil ").

For 39 years, based on an uncontested measurement performed in 1965 by topographer José Ambrósio de Miranda Pombo, using a theodolite, the elevation of Pico da Neblina was thought to be, but a much more accurate measurement performed in 2004 with state-of-the-art GPS equipment by cartographer Marco Aurélio de Almeida Lima, a member of a Brazilian army expedition, puts it at.

While the panners ' presence there is technically illegal, they are widely tolerated by Brazilian authorities, and Czaban speculates that this would be because in such a remote area, they are believed to watch the border and nature better than IBAMA's rangers and the army would have the means to do.

After finishing high school at the age of 16, he taught elementary school for two years, and then joined the Brazilian army.

In 1962, the director Julio de Mesquita Filho even wrote a Roteiro da Revolução (" Guide to Revolution "), trying to unify the opposition of civilians to the army, the then called " boasting party ", that from the beginning of the Republic used to intervene in Brazilian politics.