The siege of Caxias was a siege during the Brazilian War of Independence in which the Brazilian Army under the command of José Pereira Filgueiras attempted...

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (pronounced [kaˈʃi.ɐs]; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an...

shores of Portugal. Pernambuco Siege of Recife Piauí and Maranhão Battle of Jenipapo Siege of Caxias Grão-Pará Siege of Belém Bahia Battle of Cachoeira...

estimates of all killed in action on both sides are placed from around 5,700 to 6,200. Siege of Recife Battle of Jenipapo Siege of Caxias Siege of Belém Battle...

Estanhado, on the border with the state of Maranhão. Fidié was taken prisoner months later after the siege of Caxias and taken to Oeiras, from where he was...

Great Siege of Montevideo (Spanish: Gran Sitio de Montevideo), named as Sitio Grande in Uruguayan historiography, was the siege suffered by the city of Montevideo...

of Angostura and Itá-Ibaté. Resigned to frontal combat, Caxias ordered the so-called Piquissiri maneuver. While a squadron attacked Angostura, Caxias...

Marquess of Caxias, by a decree on 10 October 1866. The decree did not give Caxias command of the Brazilian navy; thus on paper it did not unify command of the...

This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources...

and produces 90% of the wine produced in the country, 85% of the sparkling wine, and 90% of the grape juice, mainly in the area of Caxias do Sul and surroundings:...