Brazil: The Last Emperor (TRIH ep 268)
1888 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History is a Brazil special focused on the Brazilian Empire and the reign of Emperor Pedro II. The hosts trace Brazil’s emergence from Portuguese rule — including the transfer of the Portuguese court to Rio — to independence in 1822 under Pedro I and the establishment of an imperial dynasty.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1888
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Scramble for Africa (1881)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Berlin Conference (1884)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)