1866 in Brazil

Brazil-related events during the year of 1866

1866 in Brazil
Years 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868
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Year of Constitution: 1824

Events in the year 1866 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Monarch: Pedro II
Prime Minister:
- Marquis of Olinda (until 3 August)
- Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (starting 3 August)

April 16 - Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops, under Marshal Manuel Luís Osório, cross the Rio Paraguay and stop at Fort Itapirú.^[1]
May 2 - Battle of Estero Bellaco^[1] An alliance between the Republic of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay defeats the forces of the Paraguayan government of Marshal Francisco Solano López.
May 24 - First Battle of Tuyutí: Paraguayan troops make a surprise attack on allied forces in a swampy area of savannah. The result is a massive defeat for Paraguay.^[2]
September 1–3 - Battle of Curuzú: Brazil's battleships Bahia, Barroso, Lima Barros, Rio de Janeiro and Tamandaré go into action against Paraguay. Rio de Janeiro is sunk the following day by mines, but the Curuzu Fort is successfully taken.
September 22 - Battle of Curupayty: The joint force of the Imperial (Brazilian), Argentine and Uruguayan armies attacks Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupaity. The Imperial fleet consists of five ironclads, 2 vessels bombers, 3 flat bombers and 6 gunboats led by Admiral Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré.^[3]

January 20 - Euclides da Cunha, journalist, sociologist and engineer (died 1909).
May 19 - Prince Peter of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (died 1934).
August 6 - Carlos de Campos, politician and President of the State of São Paulo 1924-1927 (died 1927).
November 4 - Malvina Tavares, anarchist, poet, and educator (died 1939).

^ ^a ^b Thompson, George - The war in Paraguay. With a historical sketch of the country and its people and notes upon the military engineering of the war (Longmans, Green & Co, 1869)
^ Williams, John Hoyt (2000), "A Swamp of Blood: The Battle of Tuyuti", Military History, 17 (1): 58–64
^ Robert L, Robert L. (2003). Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791–1899. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's. ISBN 978-1-57488-451-7.
^ Music of Brazil. Accessed 24 June 2014

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