Night of Agony

The Night of Agony (Portuguese: Noite da Agonia) was a historical event in the Brazilian Empire, occurring in the pre-dawn hours of 12 November 1823, when emperor Dom Pedro I ordered the army to invade and dissolve the Brazilian Constituent Assembly. The assembly resisted for several hours, but in the end was dissolved and a few of its members were imprisoned and deported, including the brothers José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada and Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada.^[1]^[2]

The following year, on 25 March 1824, a new Imperial Constitution was adopted, which designed an Executive, Legislative, and Judicial powers, but also a moderating power, which invested in the Emperor the title of "Moderator", acting as a neutral intermediary between the branches.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Hippolito, Lucia. "A noite da agonia". O Globo. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Cola da Web. "Assembléia Constituinte de 1823". História do Brasil. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

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[1] Hippolito, Lucia. "A noite da agonia". O Globo. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[2] Cola da Web. "Assembléia Constituinte de 1823". História do Brasil. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

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