1807
‘Boney Stark Mad, or More Ships, Colonies and Commerce’, a British cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, 1808.Image: Isaac Cruikshank / Samuel William Fores · Public domainpolitics · Americas
Portugal’s royal court sets out for Brazil
As a French army under General Junot marched on Lisbon in November 1807, the prince regent João decided to move his government to Portugal’s colony of Brazil rather than submit to Napoleon. On 27 November the royal family and thousands of courtiers and officials went aboard ship, and on the 29th the fleet sailed under British protection. The court reached Rio de Janeiro in March 1808. Brazil became the only colony ever to serve as the seat of government of its European mother country, which set it on the road to independence in 1822.
Source: Arquivo Nacional (National Archives of Brazil): João VI, biography ↗
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