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Prince João of Orléans-Braganza

Boulogne-Billancourt, 15 Oct 1916 – Rio de Janeiro, 26 Jun 2005

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 15 Oct 1916

    Born in Boulogne-Billancourt

  2. 26 Jun 2005

    Dies in Rio de Janeiro, aged 88

Family

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Parents

Partners

During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Boulogne-Billancourt.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Prince is born in Boulogne-Billancourt

Listen

O Luar do Sertão

Eduardo das Neves · 1914

A country song longing for the moonlight of the backlands, first recorded in 1914 by Eduardo das Neves and chorus.

Public domain recording · Casa Edison · Wikimedia Commons

Who governed

In the news1918–1919

The Spanish flu

The flu arrives by ship in September 1918. Rio counts a thousand dead in a single day, and the president-elect, Rodrigues Alves, dies of it.

Getting around

Train vendors moved between carriages via footboards

Traveling by train was often an adventure, with vendors known as swallows selling goods like perfume and cognac while moving between compartments via exterior footboards.

The Revolt of the Lash. November 1910: sailors led by João Cândido seize the navy’s new battleships in Guanabara Bay to end flogging.In the news · 1910

The Revolt of the Lash. November 1910: sailors led by João Cândido seize the navy’s new battleships in Guanabara Bay to end flogging.

Wikimedia Commons · public domain

What people wore

Wartime fashion shifts for women

During World War I, the women's suit became an essential, functional wardrobe item for both shopping and the workforce, often paired with a blouse. Because of fabric shortages and the movement of women into new professions, skirts became straighter and shorter, and women even began wearing trousers for outdoor labor.

The general strike. July 1917: Brazil’s first general strike stops São Paulo for thirty days. Here, a workers’ rally in Brás.In the papers · 1917

The general strike. July 1917: Brazil’s first general strike stops São Paulo for thirty days. Here, a workers’ rally in Brás.

A Cigarra · Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira · public domain
The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain