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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

Sofres porque queres

Pixinguinha · 1919

A choro by the young Pixinguinha, on flute with his own group, recorded by Odeon in 1919.

Public domain recording · Odeon · 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

Walking as a primary means of transport

Ordinary people commonly traveled between towns on foot, with journeys often measured in leagues, where one league equaled approximately one hour of walking.

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

What people wore

Alsatian folk dress used on political parades

In Alsace, traditional Tracht was tied to religious occasions like weddings and first communions, but it later became common at political rallies; when Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Strasbourg in 1877, women were greeted in Tracht. The text also describes how the costume’s symbolism shifted with politics over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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
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