// Modern era
Empire of Brazil
- Period
- AD 1822 – AD 1889
- Duration
- approx. 67 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1870
- Area (max.)
- approx. 8.5 million km²
Period and duration
Empire of Brazil — according to the map data from AD 1822 to AD 1889, roughly 67 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Empire of Brazil — greatest extent around AD 1870: the mapped borders then cover about 8.5 million km², roughly 5.7% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1821)
After
Neighbours around AD 1870
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Argentine Confederation
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Second French Empire
- Republic of Colombia
- Spanish Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1870 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Empire of Brazil on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.