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Apr202009
Tiradentes, April 21
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 8:54PM
On April 21, 1792 Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, better known as Tiradentes was put to death in Brazil for organizing a resistance movement against the Portuguese government. Shortly after his death Brazil gained it's independence. Now this date is a national holiday in Brazil.
Links:
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiradentes
Other: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/tiradentes.html
http://www.v-brazil.com/culture/historic-characters/tiradentes.html
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/brazabout1/a/Tiradentes.htm
Links:
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiradentes
Other: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/tiradentes.html
http://www.v-brazil.com/culture/historic-characters/tiradentes.html
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/brazabout1/a/Tiradentes.htm
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