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unusual facts about Brazilian province



Cisplatina

The Cisplatina (literally, Province of this side of the Rio de la Plata from the Brazilian perspective, c.f. Cisalpine) was a Brazilian province in existence from 1821 to 1828 created by the Luso-Brazilian annexation of the Oriental Province.


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Uruguayan War

On 1 January 1865, one brigade (composed of two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion) with 1,700 men from the Brazilian province of Rio de Janeiro disembarked and occupied the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos.