The Portuguese Crown Prince, sympathetic to the …
Years: 1822 - 1822
The Portuguese Crown Prince, sympathetic to the cause of independence, decides on January 9 to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
He declares Brazil an independent Empire on September 7, 1822 and has himself crowned Emperor Pedro I; is declared the constitutional Emperor of Brazil, as Pedro the First, and has himself crowned on December 1.
