São Paulo Timeline of Events

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São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among the five-largest metropolitan areas on the planet...

Timeline of Events

1822

9.7.1822

Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo.

1969

5.9.1969

Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.

1974

2.1.1974

A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.

1992

10.2.1992

The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.

2006

5.12.2006

Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.

2007

7.17.2007

TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.