Juliana Republic
Forces of the revolutionary Riograndense Republic, led by General David Canabarro and Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, with help from the local population, conquered the harbor city of Laguna on 22 July 1839, in a battle known as the Capture of Laguna . The Catarinense Republic was then proclaimed on 29 July, at the city's municipal chamber. Canabarro assumed temporarily the office of president until an electoral college was assembled and elections were held on 7 August. For president and vice president were elected, respectively, Joaquim Xavier Neves , a Lieutenant-colonel of the National Guard of São José, and his uncle, the priest Vicente Ferreira dos Santos Cordeiro , who assumed the presidential office due to a blockade by the Imperial Army that prevented Joaquim Xavier Neves from reaching Laguna.
The rebels could not conquer the provincial capital of Nossa Senhora do Desterro (present-day Florianópolis) because their naval forces were found and destroyed by the Imperial Brazilian Navy at Massiambu River (on the continent, south of Santa Catarina Island) while the rebels were preparing to attack Nossa Senhora do Desterro. Largely due to this, the Juliana Republic lasted for only four months. In November, imperial forces took the Julian capital of Laguna.
References
- ^ Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas (14 December 2015). "Museu Histórico Anita Garibaldi" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ MEMÓRIA POLÍTICA DE SANTA CATARINA (2020). "Biografia Vicente Ferreira dos Santos Cordeiro" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Meirinho, Jali (1979). A República em Santa Catarina (Thesis). Florianópolis: Federal University of Santa Catarina.
- ^ MEMÓRIA POLÍTICA DE SANTA CATARINA (2020). "Biografia David Canabarro" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 May 2021.