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	Peter II of Brazil
		Since Pedro II was only 5 years old at the time, government was assumed by a series of regents until July 23 1840, when Pedro was nominated Emperor of Brazil at the age of 14.
		Pedro II was married September 4, 1843 to Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies.
		Pedro II probably was the first Brazilian to use the invention He recited Shakespeare's classic line from Hamlet, "To be or not to be" into it, and exclamed, "This thing speaks!".
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	Talk:Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For this to be Peter II of Brazil instead of Pedro II of Brazil is like talking of Lewis XVI of France.
		See for instance Charles XV of Sweden (was Carl), Humbert II of Italy (was Umberto), Henry IV of France (was Henri), Nicholas II of Russia (was Nikolai), William III of the Netherlands (was Willem) etc. etc.
		Documenting moves to Pedro I of Brazil and Pedro II of Brazil
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	Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When he was a boy of five, he became the emperor-to-be of Brazil on the edict of his father Pedro I who abdicated the throne on April 7, 1831 to fight a civil war in Portugal.
		The aim of the war in Portugal was to restore the throne of Portugal to Maria II, older sister of Pedro.
		Dom Pedro II was married September 4, 1843 to (b.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pedro_II_of_Brazil (553 words)

	Pedro I of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the banks of the, he unsheathed his sword, and declared "Independence or death!" He was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil on October 12 and crowned on December 1.
		In the aftermath of a political crisis that followed the dismissal of his ministers, Pedro abdicated his throne in Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II on April 7, 1831, who was only 5 at the time.
		In 1972, his remains were returned to Brazil and reinterred in the present.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Peter_I_of_Brazil (936 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia: BRAZIL
		Brazil has extensive tracts of fertile land, especially along the Amazon and in the south-eastern portion; but the greater part of the plateaux is fit only for grazing.
		From 1580 to 1640, Brazil, as a dependency of Portugal, was in the hands of Spain, and during the latter part of this period Holland, being at war with Spain, seized a good portion of the country.
		Brazil, bearing the brunt of the war on her side, lost many thousands of men and a vast amount of money.
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	Peter II of Yugoslavia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HM King Peter II (6 September 1923 - 3 November 1970) was the last (A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom) King of (A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe) Yugoslavia.
		On March 27th, 1941 King Peter II was proclaimed of age, and participated in a (The people of Great Britain) British-supported (Click link for more info and facts about coup d'état) coup d'état opposing the Regent's signing the (Click link for more info and facts about Tripartite Pact) Tripartite Pact.
		King Peter II completed his education at (A university in England) Cambridge University and joined the (The airforce of Great Britain) Royal Air Force.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peter_ii_of_yugoslavia1.htm (608 words)

	20TH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She was married to Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL (son of King John VI of PORTUGAL and Carlotta of SPAIN Queen) in 1818 in Portugal?.
		Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL was born in 1798 in Portugal (King of Portugal 1826-1831).
		Dom Pedro de Alcantara of BRAZIL was born in 1825 in Rio de Janeiro - aka Pedro II of Brazil.
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	Pedro I of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pedro I of Brazil (English: Peter), known as "Dom Pedro" (October 12, 1798 – September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazil's first Emperor.
		On the banks of the Ipiranga River, he unsheathed his sword, and declared "Independence or death!" He was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil on October 12 and crowned on December 1.
		In 1834, his remains were returned to Brazil and reinterred in the present Ipiranga Museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_I_of_Brazil (1140 words)

	Peter III of Portugal Did You Mean Peter III of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Peter III of Portugal (Portuguese Pedro) (July 5, 1717 - May 25, 1786) became King Consort of Portugal on the succession of his wife and niece queen Maria I in 1777, and ruled with her until his death.
		Peter was the younger son of Dom João V and brother of José I.
		Peter married Maria in 1760, at which time she was the heir to the throne then held by his brother José I. They had six children, of whom the eldest surviving son succeeded Maria as João VI on her death in 1816.
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	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Brazil has traditionally been a leader in the inter-American community and played an important role in collective security efforts, as well as in economic cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.
		Brazil is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in its specialized agencies.
		Brazil currently chairs the "Group of Friends" countries committed to supporting long-term democracy in Venezuela, of which the U.S. also is a member.
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	ROYALTY in Brazil. Only Brazil has a true blue Royal family.
		The house of BRAGANCA was the ruling dynasty of PORTUGAL from 1640 to 1910 and of BRAZIL from 1822 to 1889.
		The dynasty ruled Portugal until the overthrow of MANUEL II and the establishment of a republic in 1910.
		Son of the prince regent, later King JOHN VI of Portugal and Brazil, Dom Pedro fled with the royal family from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro soon after the French invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 1807.
	www.brazilbrazil.com /royalty.html (626 words)

	Articles - Peter II of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Around this time, the discovery of silver mines in Brazil enlarged Peter's treasury to the extent that he was able to dismiss the Cortes in 1697 and rule without its revenue grants for the rest of his reign.
		Among Sophia's sisters were Eleonor Madeleine, wife of Leopold I of Austria and Marianne, second wife of Charles II of Spain.
		This marriage was concluded, and the couple had six children, including the new heir to the throne, John, who eventually succeeded his father, after his death in 1706, as King John V of Portugal.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Peter_II_of_Portugal?mySession=afa1542f39d80e8668fcaf9cc89afda3 (375 words)

	Brazil Deforestation: Latifundios and Landless
		The failure of Brazil's judicial system to bring large land owners and gunmen to justice for murder, slave-like peonage, and violent land expulsions of peasants from land has driven landless families to the northern most reaches of the country, the Amazon region, in search of safety and subsistence.
		Only 12% of Brazil's land is owned by small producers (100 hectares or less) and yet they produce 80% of the nation's food.
		Brazil held its first direct elections for President in 1989 which indicates the low degree of participation citizens historically were accustomed to having in the country.
	www.american.edu /TED/ice/BRAZMIGR.htm (4542 words)

	Brazil 11.552 - Admissible
		The “Araguaia guerrilla movement” was founded by militants of the Communist Party of Brazil (CPB) in 1966, and was mobilizing the local population to foment a revolution to overthrow the Brazilian military government, which had been in power since 1964.
		From its first submission in the proceedings, received on June 26, 1996, the Government of Brazil did not contest the facts mentioned in the initial petition regarding the existence of armed conflict between the guerrillas and the Brazilian armed forces in the Araguaia region.
		[8] Brazil is a founding member of the OAS, as it signed the Charter of the Organization in 1948 and deposited its instrument of ratification in 1950.
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	Pedro II of Brazil World Encyclopedia, India encyclopedia, Featured Articles, Cover Stories, World wide Informations @ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The aim of the war in Portugal was to restore the throne of Portugal to Maria II, older sister of Pedro II.
		Liberal in outlook, Pedro II took steps to end slavery; the final abolition edict was signed in his absence by his daughter Princess Isabel, on May 13, 1888.
		His and his wife's remains were brought back to Brazil in 1922, and were reburied in PetrÃ³polis, their former summer residence, in 1939.
	www.mirchigold.com /index.php?title=Pedro_II_of_Brazil (863 words)

	Pedro II Brazil Gold Coins
		Dom Pedro II (Peter II) was born in Rio De Janeiro on December 2, 1825.
		Peter II gave Brazil 49 years of domestic peace, prosperity and progress, ending his rule in 1889.
		On that note, an interesting bit of trivia with which you can amaze your friends is that Peter II is believed to have been the first Brazilian to speak on a telephone.
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	Emperor Ogimachi of Japan\|Emperor Ogimachi Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On August 11, 1804 anticipating the eventual collapse of the Holy Roman Empire (the "First Reich") at the behest of Napoleon I, Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire assumed the additional title of ''Emperor of Austria'' (as Francis I thereof).
		The Prussian Friedrich III of Germany (Hohenzollern)Crown Prince was married to a Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederickdaughter of Victoria of the United KingdomQueen Victoria, and when he came to the throne his wife would naturally carry the title of Empress, outranking her more-powerful mother whose title was merely Queen.
		Brazil declared independence from Portugal in 1822, and made Pedro I of BrazilDom Pedro, eldest son of the then-King of Portugal, who was acting as Regent, Emperor as Pedro I. The empire came to an end with the overthrow of Emperor Pedro II of BrazilPedro II in 1889.
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	Techzonez - Brazil nut harvests heading for crash
		Brazil nuts, which are exclusively collected from natural forests, are being harvested unsustainably, a new study has found.
		The important rainforest crop could crash as the trees are growing old without being replaced, warns Carlos Peres and his colleagues, who surveyed trees across the Amazon region.
		Young saplings make up almost half of the Brazil nut trees in areas where people do not gather the nuts by collecting those fruits that fall to the ground.
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	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Brazil hunts yachtsman's killers
		Sir Peter was murdered on Wednesday by a gang of pirates who boarded his ship as it was moored at the mouth of the Amazon.
		Sir Peter was best known for leading the yacht Team New Zealand to victory in 1995 and 2000 in the America's Cup, yachting's most prestigious team competition.
		Sir Peter announced earlier this year that he was giving up competitive yachting to devote himself to environmental work, at the head of his "blakexpeditions" organisation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1695932.stm (465 words)

	Brazil -- An epic historical novel for the reader-explorer to discover
		From colony to kingdom, from empire to nation, Brazil is filled with memorable people living through one of the great adventures in human history.
		Brazil is an intensely human story — brutal and violent, tender and passionate.
		One of the places I suggested was Brazil, which has captivated me since I was a boy.
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	Peter Stuyvesant
		During his administration commerce had increased greatly, the colony obtaining the privilege of trading with Brazil in 1648, with Africa for slaves in 1652, and with other foreign ports in 1659.
		She left a fund to the Dutch church in New York for St. Mark's chapel.--Stuyvesant's son, Nicholas William, born in 1648; died in 1698, married Maria, the daughter of William Beckman, and afterward the daughter of Brant Van Slechtenhorst.
		--Peter's son, Peter Gerard, lawyer, born in New York city in 1778; died at Niagara Falls, New York, 16 August, 1847, was graduated at Columbia in 1794, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in New York city.
	www.peterstuyvesant.org (1664 words)

	Pedro II (from Brazil) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The prestige and progress of the nation were due largely to the enlightened statesmanship of its ruler, who was always simple, modest, and democratic, though not without personal distinction.
		More results on "Pedro II (from Brazil)" when you join.
		His son became Pedro II of Brazil, but he did not rule over Portugal.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-25043?tocId=25043 (783 words)

	Where do you want to go birding in Brazil today?
		Brazil is a large, biologically rich country with 1,685 species of birds (7.6% of the world's currently known species), 191 of them endemic.
		Brazil's Atlantic Forests have been reduced to less than 5% of their former extent, and nowhere is the damage more severe than in the area surrounding Murici.
		Northeastern Brazil's immense, arid interior is dominated by a unique habitat known as caatinga, an association of thorn-scrub, columnar cacti, and huge terrestrial bromeliads.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/sabrazil.htm (4378 words)

	Amazon.com: DVD: Brazil (1985) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brazil was much too long for me, and in some places I was just saying "This is stupid".
		In the end, "Brazil" captures the message of the "Matrix" and "1984." There are no terrorists -- there is only the State that creates the illusion of terror to keep people distracted and dependent on the State.
		Brazil is the most overrated film of all time because I couldn't find absolutely anything worth liking in the movie.
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	Traditionalist Schism in Brazil Ends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Not long afterwards the group sent a letter with a request for reintegration which was granted by Pope John Paul II in a document, which will be read during the ceremony, containing indications to be followed.
		Bishop Rangel says that thanks to John Paul II the diocese of Campos is now in peace and "in full communion with the Vatican".
		Not long afterward the group sent a letter with a request for reintegration, which was granted by John Paul II in a document that was read during the ceremony, containing indications to be followed.
	www.tcrnews2.com /schismend.html (1842 words)

	The Infography about the Social History of Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stefan Zweig's Brazil: Land of the Future (Viking Press, 1941) and Waldo David Frank's South American Journey (Victor Gollancz, 1943) are wartime paeans to Brazil's potential.
		Michael Conniff's Urban Politics in Brazil: The Rise of Populism, 1925-1945 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981) analyzes populism in Rio de Janeiro.
		Wartime Brazil is examined in Robert M. Levine, Brazil in the 1940s Through the Photographs of Genevieve Naylor (Duke University Press, 1998).
	www.infography.com /content/632763079662.html (1503 words)

	Two For Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since their eponymous debut in 2000, the Chicago-based Two For Brazil has been steadily gaining fans and exposure around the world, and for good reason: their organic meld of Brazilian and jazz sensibilities is distinctive, and their approach is intimate, classy and full of light.
		He was born in Brazil and an award-winning composer, arranger and guitarist before he moved to Chicago in 1979.
		Two for Brazil is also very busy and popular on the 'live' circuit, thanks to their music being so infectious, and the duo loves the whole affair.
	www.paulinhogarcia.com /Two_for_Brazil.htm (5716 words)

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