Rio de Janeiro was discovered
on January 1, 1502 by a Portuguese expedition led by Gaspar de Lemos, who
believed he had reached the mouth of a great river, thus named the bay with the
name of Rio de Janeiro. However, it was the French who first settled in the
area and competed with the Portuguese in the timber trade. The Portuguese
established sawmills in that locality, and in response to the threat of the
Portuguese, the French brought settlers to inhabit and explore the place in
1555. After years of fighting the French were expelle
Two hundred years later, in
1763, the Rio de Janeiro became the capital of Brazil, a title he held until
1960, when it opened Brasilia, the current capital of the country.
Due to the Napoleonic wars,
the Portuguese royal family moved in 1808 to Rio de Janeiro, where in 1815 the
Prince Regent John VI was crowned King of the United Kingdom of Brazil,
Portugal and the Algarves, a historical fact that it was of utmost importance
for the direction of Brazilian nation.
Rio de Janeiro was discovered
on January 1, 1502 by a Portuguese expedition led by Gaspar de Lemos, who
believed he had reached the mouth of a great river, thus named the bay with the
name of Rio de Janeiro. However, it was the French who first settled in the
area and competed with the Portuguese in the timber trade. The Portuguese
established sawmills in that locality, and in response to the threat of the
Portuguese, the French brought settlers to inhabit and explore the place in
1555. After years of fighting the French were expelle
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