Sete de Setembro - 7th of September - Brazilian Independence Day

In another post I gave a concise summary of the occasions paving the way to the Brazil Independence day - 7 September,1822. On this notable day, Dom Pedro I proclaimed Brazil an autonomous country, purportedly tearing the Portuguese symbol from his uniform and swearing: "By my blood, by my respect and by God: I will influence Brazil to free!." He announced the official saying, now known as the Grito do Ipiranga: Independência ou Morte. This expression is of high repute to my heart as it echoes the American General John Stark's well known words: "Live free amazing," the official witticism of my home state (New Hampshire), and the most celebrated of all American state proverbs.

Brazilian freedom was hard-battled, and unquestionably did not happen on the seventh of September. The Portuguese pilgrim powers still must be compelled to pull back from the Americas, to which end Dom Pedro I employed British maritime administrator Admiral Thomas Cochrane.

Brazil was perceived universally as a sovereign country on August 29, 1825. In 1889, Dom Pedro I's successor, his child Dom Pedro II, finished his rule as ruler and Brazil was broadcasted a Republic.