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Pedro Henrique de Orléans e Bragança

Boulogne-Billancourt, 13 Sep 1909 – Vassouras, 5 Jul 1981

9 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 13 Sep 1909

    Born in Boulogne-Billancourt

  2. 1950–1953

    2 children are born

  3. 5 Jul 1981

    Dies in Vassouras, aged 71

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 2

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 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 1900s · Pedro is born in Boulogne-Billancourt

Listen

Bolimbalacho

Bahiano · 1902

A lundu sung by Bahiano for Casa Edison in Rio, among the very first records made in Brazil.

Public domain recording · Casa Edison · Wikimedia Commons

Who governed

In the news1900

Paris Metro opens in 1900

The first Paris metro line opened on July 14, 1900, allowing travel across the city in half an hour for 20 to 25 centimes.

What people wore

Quimper workers kept festal clothes apart

In Quimper (Brittany), rural workers could keep their everyday work clothes separate from festival clothing, sometimes commissioned for weddings. This made clothing a visible marker of identity and social position.

The Vaccine Revolt. November 1904: a tram wrecked in Rio during a week of riots against compulsory smallpox vaccination.In the news · 1904

The Vaccine Revolt. November 1904: a tram wrecked in Rio during a week of riots against compulsory smallpox vaccination.

Centro Cultural do Ministério da Saúde · Wikimedia Commons · public domain

In the news1899–1900

Bubonic plague reaches Brazilian ports

The bubonic plague arrived at the ports of Santos and Rio de Janeiro, triggering localized health crises and public sanitation responses.

On the Avenida Central. People strolling on the boulevard Mayor Pereira Passos cut through Rio’s old centre, today Avenida Rio Branco.Meanwhile in Rio

On the Avenida Central. People strolling on the boulevard Mayor Pereira Passos cut through Rio’s old centre, today Avenida Rio Branco.

Instituto Moreira Salles · public domain
Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain