Historical eventJuly 51922

Tenentism

Brazilian Army rebels took over Fort Copacabana and launched a rebellion in Rio de Janeiro against President Epitácio Pessoa and President-elect Artur Bernardes.

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When
Wednesday, July 5 1922104 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1920s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1922.

Place: Brazil.

Type: political movement.

What came before

Background The first decades of the 20th century saw marked economic and social change in Brazil. With industrialization on the rise, the federal government — dominated by the coffee oligarchs and the old order of café com leite politics and coronelismo — came under threat from the political aspirations of new urban groups: the proletariat, government and white-collar workers , merchants, bankers, and industrialists. In parallel,

What happened

Legacy Plaque commemorating the '18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt' The tenente revolts heralded the end of the café com leite politics and coronelismo and the beginning of social reforms. The actions and ideas that grew out of the revolts inspired other individuals, such as Getúlio Vargas , to lead the 1930 revolution against the Brazilian Government and bring down the First Brazilian Republic.

Tenentism was a political philosophy of junior army officers, generally from the burgeoning middle-class and unsatisfied with the oligarchic structure of the republic who significantly contributed to the Revolution of 1930 that ended the First Brazilian Republic.

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July 5 1922 — 104 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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