Provinces of Portuguese Brazil

16 Sep 1817                Alagôas captaincy split from Pernambuco.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governor
1817 - 1819                the governor of Pernambuco
1819 - 1821                Sebastião Francisco de e Próvoas

1534                       Bahía de Todos os Santos granted as a donátaria but claim 
                             lapses and the area becomes a crown colony
                             (Captaincy-general of Bahia).
1549                       The King buys back Bahía captaincy and creates it as a 
                             general-governorship.
1574 - 1578                Southern captaincies detached from Bahia and administered
                             separately.
1608 - 1612                Southern captaincies detached from Bahia and administered
                             separately.
1626                       Portuguese colonies denoted as Estado do Brasil and are
                             administered by the governors-general of Bahia (except 
                             Estado do Maranhão which is administered separately).
10 May 1624 - 30 Apr 1625  Dutch occupation.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors-general 
1626 -  4 Nov 1769         the governors-general (from 
                           13 Jul 1774, viceroys) of Brazil
 4 Nov 1769 - 1769         Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares,
                             conde e marquês de Lavradio          (b. 1727 - d. 1790)
1769 - 1774                Luís José da Cunha Grã Ataíde e Mello, 
                             conde de Provolide
1774 - 1779                Manuel da Cunha e Meneses
1779 - 1783                Afonso Miguel de Portugal e Castro,
                             marquês de Valença
1784 - 1788                Rodrigo José de Meneses e Castro
1788 - 1801                Fernando José de Portugal e Castro
1802 - 1805                Francisco da Cunha e Meneses
1805 - 1809                João de Saldanha da Gama Mello Tôrres 
                             Guedes de Brito, conde da Ponte
1810 - 1818                Marcos de Noronha e Brito, 
                             conde dos Arcos
1818 - 1821                Francisco de Assis Mascarenhas, 
                             conde da Palma
Dec 1821 - Feb 1822        Manuel Pedro de Freitas Guimarães

1534                       Created a donátaria, but remains unsettled and claim lapses.
1603                       Settled from neighboring Pernambuco.
1619                       Captaincy of Ceará
1621 - 1656                Subordinated to Maranhão.
1637 - 1654                Dutch occupation.
1656                       Subordinated to Pernambuco.
17 Jan 1799                Ceará captaincy split from Pernambuco.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Captains-major
1612 - 1613                Martim Soares Moreno (1st time)
1613 - 1614                Estêvão de Campos
1614 - 1617                Manuel de Brito Freire
1617 - 1619                Domingos Lopes Lôbo
1619 - 1631                Martim Soares Moreno (2nd time)
1631 - 163.                ....
163. - 1637                Bartolome de Brito
Commanders
1637 - 1640                Hendrik van Ham
1640 - 1643                Gedeon Maurits de Jongh
1643 - 1649                abandoned
1649 - 1654                Mathias Beck
Captains-major
1654 - 1655                Álvaro de Azevedo Barreto
1655 - 1659                Domingos de Sá Barbosa 
1659 - 1660                Antônio Fernandes Monxica
1660 - 1663                Diogo Coelho de Albuquerque 
1663 - 1666                João de Melo de Gusmão  
1666 - 1670                João Tavares de Almeida (1st time)
1670 - 1673                Jorge Corrêa da Silva 
1673 - 1677                João Tavares de Almeida (2nd time) 
1677 - 1678                Bento Corrêa de Figueiredo  
1678 - 1682                Sebastião de Sá (1st time)
1682 - 1684                Bento Macedo de Faria 
1684 - 1688                Sebastião de Sá (2nd time) 
1688 - 16..                Tomaz Cabral de Olival 
c.1693                     Pedro Lellou  
1694 - 1696                Fernão Carrilho (1st time)
1696 - 1699                João de Freitas Cunha
1699                       Fernão Carrilho (2nd time)
30 Jun 1699 - 1703         Francisco Gil Ribeiro
11 May 1703 - 1704         Jorge de Barros Leite
1704 - Jan 1706            João da Mota
Jan 1706 - 1709            Gabriel da Silva do Lago
1709 - 1713                Francisco Duarte de Vasconcelos
1713 - 1715                Plácido de Azevedo Falcão
Oct 1715 - 1718            Manuel da Fonseca Jaime
 1 Nov 1718 - 1721         Salvador Álvares da Silva
11 Nov 1726 - Jan 1728     Manuel Francês
1728 - 1731                João Baptista Furtado
1731 - 1735                Leonel de Abreu Lima
11 Mar 1735 - 1739         Domingos Simões Jordão
 7 Sep 1739 - 1743         Francisco Ximenes do Aragão
1743 - 1746                João de Treve Barreto e Menezes
1746 - 1748                Francisco de Miranda Costa
1748 - 1751                Pedro de Morias Magalhães
1751 - 1755                Luís Quaresma Dourada
1755 - 1759                Francisco Xavier de Miranda Henriques
1759 - 1765                João Baltasar de Quevedo Homem
                             de Magalhães
1765 - 1781                António José Vítoriano Borges 
                             da Fonseca
1781 - 1782                Government Junta
1782 - 1798                João Baptista de Azevedo Coutinho
                             de Montauri
1789 - 1799                Luís da Mota Francisco e Torres
1799                       Government Junta
1799                       Francisco Inácio de Cid Mello e Castro
Governors 
22 Sep 1799 - 1802         Bernardo Manuel de Vasconcelos
1802 - 1807                João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen 
                             e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracati
1808 - 1812                Fidalgo Luís Borba Alardo de Meneses
1812 - 1820                Manuel Inácio de Sampaio e Pina Freire
1820 - 1821                Francisco Alberto Rubim
1821 - 1822                Francisco Xavier Torres 

1535                       Esprítu Santo a donátaria.
1718                       Crown colony, subordinated to Bahia.
1810                       Espíritu Santo split from Bahia.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Goverors Donatary
1535 - 1561                Vasco Fernandes Coutino 
1561 - 1564                Belchior de Azevedo -Captain-major
1564 - 1589                Vasco Fernandes Coutino Filho 
1589 - 1593                Luísa Grinalda (f)
1593 - 1605                Miguel de Azeredo -Captain-major
Governor
1605 - 1627                Francisco de Aguiar Coutino 
Captains-major
1627 - 1630                Manuel de Escobar Cabral 
1630 - 1635                Francisco Alemão de Cisneiros 
1635 - 1636                Domingos Barbosa de Araújo 
1636 - 1640                António do Canto de Almeida 
1640 - 1643                João Dias Guedes 
1644 - 1648                Ambrósio de Aguiar Coutinho 
                             da Camara -Governor
1644 - 1648                António do Canto de Almeida 
1648 - 1675                António Luís Gonçalves da
                             Camara Coutinho -Governor
1648 - 1651                Francisco Grizantes da Gama 
1651 - 1655                Simião de Carvalho 
1656 - 1660                João de Almeida Rios 
1661 - 1662                Dinis Lobo (1st time) 
1662                       José Rabelo Leite 
1662 - 1663                Dinis Lobo (2nd time)
1663                       José Lopes 
1663 - 1664                Brás do Couto de Aguiar 
1664 - 1667                Diogo de Seixas Barraca 
1667 - 1671                António Mendes de Figueiredo
1671 - 1675                José Gonçalves de Oliveira 
Goverors Donatary
1675 - 1685                Francisco Gil de Araújo
1685 - 1711                Manuel Garcia Pimentel
Captains-major
1682 - 1688                Manuel de Morais 
1688 - 1689                Manuel Peixoto da Mota 
1689 - 1694                João de Velasco e Molina (1st time) 
1694 - 1699                José Pinheiro de Barbuda 
1699 - 1701                Francisco Monteiro Morais 
1702 - 1705                Francisco Ribeiro de Miranda
1705 - 1709                Álvaro Lôbo de Contreiras
1709 - 1710                Francisco de Albuquerque Teles
1710 - 1716                Manuel Correia de Lemos
1716 - 1721                João de Velasco e Molina (2nd time)
1721 - 1724                António de Oliveira Madail
1724 - 1726                Dionisío Carvalho de Abreu
1726 - 1731                António Pires Forsas
1732 - 1741                Silvestre Cirne da Veiga
1741 - 1745                Domingos de Morais Navarro
1745 - 1748                Estêvão de Faria Delgado (1st time)
1748 - 1749                Martinho da Gama Pereira
1749 - 1751                Estêvão de Faria Delgado (2nd time)
1751 - 17..                José Gomes Borges
1759 - 1761                Gonçalo da Costa Barbalho
1761 - 1762                Baltasar da Costa Silva
1762 - 1768                Anastásio Joaquim da Moita
                             Furtado (1st time)
1768 - 1770                Raimundo da Costa Vieira
1770 - 1775                José Ramos dos Santos
1775 - 1779                Álvaro Correia de Morais (1st time)
1779 - 1781                Anastásio Joaquim da Moita 
                             Furtado (2nd time)
1781 - 1782                Álvaro Correia de Morais (2nd time)
1782 - 1798                Inácio João Monjardim
1798 - 1799                Manuel Fernandes da Silveira
Governors
1800 - 1804                António Pires da Silva Pontes 
                             Pais Leme e Camargo
1804 - 1811                Manuel Vieira de Alburquerque e Tovar
1811 - 1812                Inácio João Monjardim
1812 - 1819                Francisco Alberto Rubim
20 Mar 1820 -  1 Mar 1822  Baltasar de Sousa Botelho e Vasconcelos

 9 May 1748                Goiáz captaincy split from São Paulo.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors
 5 Sep 1721 - 15 Aug 1727  Rodrigo César de Menezes
18 Aug 1727 - 15 Aug 1732  Antônio da Silva Caldeira Pimentel
15 Aug 1732 - 28 Aug 1737  Antônio Luiz de Távora 
 1 Dec 1737 - 12 Feb 1739  Gomes Freire de Andrade
12 Feb 1739 - 24 Aug 1748  Luiz de Assis Mascarenhas
24 Aug 1739 -  8 Nov 1749  Gomes Freire de Andrade
                             (interim from 24 Aug 1748)
 8 Nov 1749 - 31 Aug 1755  Marcos José de Noronha e Brito,
                             conde dos Arcos
31 Aug 1755 -  7 Jul 1759  Álvaro José Xavier Botelho de
                             Távora
 7 Jul 1759 - 13 Apr 1770  João Manuel de Mello
13 Apr 1770 - 18 Aug 1770  Provisional Junta
                           - Antônio José Cabral de Almeida
                           - Antônio Thomas da Costa
                           - Damião José de Sá Pereira
18 Aug 1770 - 26 Jul 1772  Antônio Carlos Furtado de Mendonça
                             (interim)
26 Jul 1772 - 15 May 1778  José de Almeida de Vasconcelos 
                             de Soveral e Carvalho
17 May 1778 - 16 Oct 1778  Provisional governors
                           - João Pinto Barbosa Pimentel
                           - Pedro da Costa
16 Oct 1778 - 27 Jun 1783  Luís da Cunha Meneses
27 Jun 1783 - 25 Feb 1800  Tristão da Cunha Meneses
25 Feb 1800 - 27 Feb 1804  João Manuel de Meneses
27 Feb 1804 - 28 Nov 1809  Francisco de Assis Mascarenhas
28 Nov 1809 -  2 Aug 1820  Fernando Delgado Freire de Castilho
 2 Aug 1820 -  4 Oct 1820  Administrative Junta
                           - Antônio José Marques da Costa Silva
                           - Luís Antônio da Silva e Souza
                           - Álvaro José Xavier
 4 Oct 1820 - 30 Dec 1821  Manuel Ignácio de Sampaio e Pina
30 Dec 1821 -  8 Apr 1822  Administrative Junta
                           - Manuel Ignácio de Sampaio e Pina
                           - Antônio Pedro de Alencastre
                           - Paulo Couceiro d’Almeida Homem
                           - Francisco Xavier dos Guimarães
                               Brito e Costa
                           - Luís da Costa Freire de Freitas 
                           - João José do Couto Guimarães 
                           - Ignácio Soares de Bulhões 

1615                       Settlement begins.
1615                       Part of Maranhão.
1737 - 1755                Governors of Maranhão resident in Grão-Pará.
1775                       Captaincy of Grão-Pará.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil (as Pará province).

Captains-major
1615 - 1618                Francisco Caldeira Castelho Branco 
1618 - 1619                Baltasar Rodrigues de Mello
Apr 1619 - Sep 1619        Jerónimo Fragoso de Albuquerque 
Sep 1619                   Matias de Albuquerque 
Oct 1619 - May 1620        Custodio Valente 
May 1620 - Jul 1622?       Pedro Teixeira (1st time) 
18 Jul 1622 - Oct 1626     Bento Maciel Parente 
 6 Oct 1626 - Oct 1627     Manuel de Sousa d'Eça 
18 Oct 1627 - May 1630     Luís Aranha de Vasconcelos 
27 May 1630 - Nov 1630     Jácome Raimundo de Noronha 
28 Nov 1630 - Jun 1633     António Cavalcante de Albuquerque 
22 Jun 1633 - 26 Dec 1636  Luís do Rego de Barros
24 Nov 1636 - Apr 1638     Francisco de Azevedo 
17 Apr 1638 - Nov 1638     Feliciano de Sousa e Menezes 
 9 Nov 1638 - Apr 1639     Aires de Sousa Chichorro (1st time)
26 Apr 1639 - 16 Feb 1640  Manuel Madeira 
16 Feb 1640 - May 1641     Pedro Teixeira (2nd time) 
26 May 1641 - 15 Sep 1642  Francisco Cordovil Camacho
1642 - 1645                Chamber Senate
1645 - 1646                Francisco Coelho 
28 Jul 1646 - 1646         Paolo Soares de Avelar 
1646 - Jan 1648            Sebastião de Lucena de Azevedo 
10 Jan 1648 - Jul 1649     Aires de Sousa Chichorro (2nd time)
17 Jul 1649 - Jun 1650     Inácio do Rego Barreto (1st time) 
Jun 1650 - 1652            Aires de Sousa Chichorro 
                             (3rd time)(interim)
1652 - Mar 1654            Ignacio do Rego Barreto (2nd time) 
30 Mar 1654 -  8 May 1654  Pedro Correia de Bittencourt
May 1654 - Sep 1654        Domingos Machado 
 9 Sep 1654 - Dec 1655     Aires de Sousa Chichorro (4th time)
 8 Dec 1655 - Aug 1656     Luís Pimenta de Morais 
16 Aug 1656 - Jul 1658     Feliciano Correa (1st time)
24 Jul 1658 - Apr 1662     Marçal Nunes da Costa (1st time)
16 Apr 1662 - Jun 1665     Francisco de Seixas Pinto 
 5 Jun 1665 - Jan 1666     Feliciano Correa (2nd time) 
21 Jan 1666 - Sep 1667     António Pinto da Gaia (1st time)
 3 Sep 1667 - Mar 1668     Manuel Guedes Aranha 
 1 Apr 1668 - Jun 1669     Paulo Martins Garro 
 9 Jun 1669 - Apr 1671?    Feliciano Correa (3rd time)
Apr 1671 - Jul 1674        António Pinto da Gaia (2nd time)
30 Jul 1674 - Jul 1685     Marçal Nunes da Costa (2nd time)
28 Jul 1685 - May 1690     António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho
27 Aug 1690 -  9 Dec 1696  Hilário de Sousa Azevedo 
 9 Dec 1696 - Jul 1698     José Velo de Azevedo 
20 Jul 1698 - 1707         João Velasco de Molina
1707 - 1710                Pedro Mendes Tomás
1710 - 1716                João de Barros Guerra
1716 - 1719                José Velo de Azevedo
1719 - 1728                Manuel de Machado Lôbo
1728 - 1732                António Marreiros
1732 - 1737                António Duarte de Barros
1737 - 1747                João de Abreu Castelo Branco
1747 - 1751                Francisco Pedro de Mendonça 
                             Gurjão
1751 - 1753                Francisco Xavier de Mendonça 
                             Furtado
Governors-general
1753 - 1759                Francisco Xavier de Mendonça 
                             Furtado
1759 - 1763                Manuel Bernardo de Mello e Castro
1763 - 1772                Fernão da Costa de Ataíde
                             Teive Sousa Coutinho
1772 - 1780                João Pereira Caldas
1780 - 1783                José Nápoles Telo de Meneses
Governors 
1783 - 1790                Martinho de Sousa e Albuquerque
1790 - 1803                Francisco Maurício de Sousa Coutinho
1803 - 1806                Marcos de Noronha e Brito,
                             conde dos Arcos
1806 - 1810                José Narciso de Magalhães de Meneses
1810 - 1817                Government Junta
1817 - 1820                António José de Sousa Manuel de Meneses
                             Severim e Noronha, conde de Vila Flór

1621                       Estado do Maranhão
25 Nov 1641 - 30 Sep 1642  Dutch invasion.
25 Feb 1652                Abolished, divided into two captaincies (San Luís and Grão-Pará).
25 Aug 1654                Estado do Maranhão (restored).
1737 - 1755                Governors of Maranhão resident in Grão-Pará.
1751                       Maranhão state enlarged to form Grão-Pará e Maranhão state, with 
                             capital at Belém.
1775                       Estado do Maranhão abolished and the area divided into Grão-Pará,
                             São José do Rio Negro, Piauí, and a truncated Maranhão.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors
 9 Jan 1616 - Feb 1618     Jerónimo de Albuquerque Maranhao
11 Feb 1618 - Nov 1619     António de Albuquerque 
 7 Nov 1619 - 1622         Domingos da Costa Machado 
20 Apr 1622 - 1636         António Muniz Barreiros Filho 
 3 Sep 1626 - 15 Sep 1635  António Coelho de Carvalho
 9 Oct 1635 - Jan 1638     Jácome Raimundo de Noronha 
27 Jan 1638 - 1643?        Bento Maciel Parente 
25 Nov 1641 - 30 Sep 1642  Koen Anderson -Dutch commander
13 Jul 1643 -  6 Feb 1644  Pedro de Albuquerque 
 6 Feb 1644 - Jun 1646     António Teixeira (acting)
17 Jun 1646 - 15 Feb 1648  Francisco Coelho de Carvalho 
Feb 1648 - 1649            Manuel Pitta da Veiga
17 Feb 1649 - 25 Feb 1652  Luís de Magalhaes 
- San Luís -
1652 - 11 May 1655         Balthazar de Sousa Pereira 
- Grão-Para -
1652 - 11 May 1655         ....
- Maranhao -
25 Aug 1654 - 1655         Balthazar de Sousa Pereira 
11 May 1655 - 23 Sep 1656  André Vidal de Negreiros 
23 Sep 1656 - Jun 1658?    Agostino Correia 
16 Jun 1658 - 26 Mar 1662  Pedro de Mello 
26 Mar 1662 - Jun 1667     Rui Vaz de Siqueira 
22 Jun 1667 - Jun 1671     António de Albuquerque Coelho
                             de Carvalho Velho
 7 Jun 1671 - Aug 1678     Pedro Cesar de Meneses
17 Aug 1678 - May 1682     Ignácio Coelho da Silva 
27 May 1682 - May 1685     Francisco de Sa de Meneses 
15 May 1685 - Jul 1687     Gomes Freire de Andrade 
17 Jul 1687 - May 1690     Artur de Sa de Meneses
17 May 1690 - Jun 1701     António de Albuquerque Coelho 
                             de Carvalho II
30 Jun 1701 - 1702         Fernando Carrilho
1702 - 1705                Manuel Rolim de Moura Tavares
1705 - 1707                João Velasco de Molina
1707 - 1718                Cristóvão da Costa Freire
1718 - 1722                Bernardo Pereira de Berredo e Castro
1722 - 1728                João da Maia da Gama
1728 - 1732                Alexandre de Sousa Freire
1732 - 1736                José da Serra
1736 - 1737                João Alves de Carvalho
1737 - 1745                João de Abreu Castelho Branco
Captains-major
1745 - 1751                Domingos Duarte Sardina
1751 - 1752                Luís de Vasconcelos Lôbo
1753 - 1753                Severino de Faria
1753 - 1761                Gonçalo Pereira Lobato e Sousa
1761 - 1775                Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas
Governors
1775 - 1779                Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas
1779 - 1784                António de Sales e Noronha
1784 - 1787                José Teles da Silva
1787 - 1792                Fernando Pereira Leite de Foios
1792 - 1798                Fernando António de Noronha
1798 - 1804                Diogo de Sousa
1804 - 1806                António de Saldanha da Gama
1806 - 1809                Francisco de Mello Manuel de Câmara
1809 - 1811                José Tomás de Meneses
1811 - 1819                Paulo José da Silva Gama
1819 - 1821                Bernardo da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca

 9 May 1748                Mato Grosso captaincy split from São Paulo.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors
 9 May 1748 - 17 Jan 1751  Gomes Freire de Andrade,
                             conde de Bobadela
17 Jan 1751 -  1 Jan 1765  António Rolim de Moura Tavares, 
                             conde de Azambuja
 1 Jan 1765 -  3 Jan 1769  João Pedro da Camara
 3 Jan 1769 - 13 Dec 1772  Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho,
                             visconde de Balsemão
13 Dec 1772 - 20 Nov 1789  Luís de Albuquerque de Melo Pereira 
                             e Cáceres
20 Nov 1789 - 28 Feb 1796  João de Albuquerque de Melo Pereira
                             e Cáceres
28 Feb 1796 -  6 Nov 1796  Interim government
                           - Antônio da Silva do Amaral
                           - Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra
                           - Marcelino Ribeiro
 6 Nov 1796 - 15 Aug 1803  Caetano Pinto de Miranda Montenegro
15 Aug 1803 - 28 Jul 1804  Manuel Carlos de Abreu e Meneses
28 Jul 1805 -  8 Nov 1807  Government Junta
                           - Sebastião Pita de Castro 
                              (to 24 May 1806)
                           - Gaspar Pereira da Silva
                              (from 24 May 1806)
                           - Antônio Felipe da Cunha Ponte 
                              (to 12 Dec 1806)
                           - Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra 
                              (from 12 Dec 1806)
                           - José da Costa Lima (to 1 Jan 1806)
                           - Marcelino Ribeiro (from 1 Jan 1806) 
                           - Francisco de Sales Brito 
                              (from 1 Jan 1807)
 8 Nov 1807 -  6 Jan 1819  João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen 
                             e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracati
 6 Jan 1819 - 20 Aug 1821  Francisco de Paula Magessi Tavares 
                             de Carvalho, barão de Vila Bela 

12 Sep 1720                Captaincy of Minas Gerais, previously part of São Paulo.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors
1720 - 1732                Lourenço de Almeida
1732 - 1735                André de Mello e Castro,
                             conde das Galveias
1735 - 1736                Gomes Freire de Andrade (1st time)
1736 - 1737                Martinho de Mendonça de Pina e
                             Proença
1737 - 1752                Gomes Freire de Andrade (2nd time)
1752 - 1758                José Antonio Freire de Andrade 
1759 - 1763                Gomes Freire de Andrade,
                             conde de Bobadela (3rd time)
1763                       António Alvares da Cunha
1763 - 1768                Luís Diogo Lôbo da Silva
1768 - 1773                José Luís de Meneses Abranches Castelho 
                             Branco, conde de Valadares
1773 - 1775                António Carlos Furtado de Mendonça
1775                       Pedro António da Gama Freitas
1775 - 1780                António de Noronha
1780 - 1783                Rodrigo José de Meneses e Castro
1783 - 1788                Luís da Cunha e Meneses, 
                             conde de Lumiares
1788 - 1797                Luís António Furtado de Mendonda, 
                             visconde de Barbacena
1797 - 1803                Bernardo José da Silveira e Lorena
1803 - 1810                Pedro Maria Xavier de Ataíde e Mello,
                             conde de Condeixa
1810 - 1814                Francisco de Assis Mascarenhas
1814 - 1821                Manuel Francisco Zacharias de Portugal 
                             e Castro

1582                       Captaincy of Paraíba, subordinated to Pernambuco.
1635 - 1645                Dutch occupation.
1799                       Separate Captaincy of Paraíba do Norte created.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Captains-major
1585 - 1588                João Tavares
1588 - 1591                Frutuoso Barbosa
1591 - 1592                André de Albuquerque
1592 - 1600                Feliciano Coelho de Carvalho
1600 - 1603                Francisco de Sousa Pereira
1603 - 1605                André Albuquerque
1605 - 1608                João Barros Correia
1608 - 1612                Francisco Coelho de Carvalho
1612 - 1616                João Rabelo de Lima
1616 - 1620                Francisco Nunes Marina de Sá
1620 - 1623                João de Brito Correia
1623 - 1627                Afonso França
1627 - 1634                António de Albuquerque Maranhão
Directors
1635 - 1636                Servan Carpentier
1636                       Ippo Eisen
1636 - 1644                Elias Herckman
1644 - 1645                Gijsbert Wilt
1645                       Paul Linge
Captains-major
1645 - 1655                Junta
1655 - 1657                João Fernandes Vieira
1657 - 1662                Matias de Albuquerque Maranhão
1662 - 1670                João Rego Barros
1670 - 1673                Luís Nunes de Carvalho
1673 - 1675                Inácio de Carvalho
1675 - 1678                Manuel Pereira de Lacerda
1678 - 1684                Alexandre de Sousa Azevedo
1684 - 1687                António da Silva Barbosa
1687 - 1692                Amaro Velho Ciqueira
1692 - 1697                Manuel Nunes Leitão
1697 - 1700                Manuel Soares Albergaria
1700 - 1703                Francisco de Abreu Pereira
1703 - 1708                Fernando de Barros Vasconcelos
1708 - 1717                João da Mata da Gama
1717 - 1719                António Velho Coelho
1720 - 1722                António Fernão de Castelho Branco
1722 - 1729                João de Abreu Castelho Branco
1729 - 1734                Francisco Pedro Mendonça Gurjão
1734 - 1744                Pedro Monteira de Madedo
1744 - 1745                João Lobo de Lacerda
1745 - 1753                António Borges da Fonseca
1753 - 1757                Luís António de Brito de Lemos
1757 - 1761                José Henriques de Carvalho
1761 - 1764                Francisco Xavier de Miranda Henriques
1764 - 1797                Jerónimo José de Mello e Castro
Governors
1798 - 1802                Fernão Delgado Freire Castillo
1802 - 1805                Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres
1805 - 1809                Amaro Joaquim Raposo de Albuquerque
1809 - 1815                António Caetano Pereira
1815 - 1817                Government Junta
1817 - 1819                Tomás de Sousa Maíra
Aug 1819 - Oct 1821        Joaquim Rebêlo da Fonseca Rosado

1535                       Donátaria of Nova Lusitania.
1575                       Pernambuco.
1637 - 1654                Dutch occupation.
1716                       Crown colony, captaincy of Pernambuco.
 7 Mar 1817 - 20 May 1817  Republic of Pernambuco (sometimes called Pernambucan Republic)
                             in rebellion.
16 Sep 1817                Alagôas captaincy split from Pernambuco.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Governors
1699 - 1703                Fernão Martins Mascarenhas de Lencastre
1703 - 1707                Francisco de Castro Morais
1707 - 1710                Sebastião de Castro e Caldas
1710 - 1711                Manuel Álvares da Costa
1711 - 1715                Félix José Machado de Mendonça
                             Eça Castro e Vasconcelos
1715 - 1718                Lourenço de Almeida
1718 - 1721                Manuel de Sousa Távares e Tavora
1721 - 1722                Francisco de Sousa
1722 - 1727                Manuel Rolim de Moura
1727 - 1737                Duarte Sodré Pereira Tibão
1737 - 1746                Henrique Luís Pereira Freire de 
                             Andrade
1746 - 1749                Marcos José de Noronha e Brito,
                             conde dos Arcos
1749 - 1756                Luís Correira de Sá
1756 - 1763                Luís Diogo Lôbo da Silva
1763 - 1768                António de Sousa Manuel de Meneses, 
                             conde de Vila Flór
1768 - 1769                Luís José da Cunha Grã Ataíde e Mello, 
                             conde de Povolide
1769 - 1774                Manuel da Cunha e Meneses
1774 - 1787                José César de Meneses
1787 - 1798                Tomás José de Mello
1798 - 1804                Government Juntas
1804 - 1817                Caetano Pinto de Miranda Montenegro
 7 Mar 1817 - 18 May 1817  Provisional government
                           - João Ribeiro Pessoa de Mello Montenegro (b. 1766 - d. 1817)
                           - Domingos Teotônio Jorge Martins Pessoa
                           - José Luís de Mendonça                   (d. 1817)
                           - Manuel Correia de Araújo
                           - Domingos José Martins                   (b. 1781 - d. 1817)
Military and Civil Governor
18 May 1817 - 20 May 1817  Domingos Teotônio Jorge Martins Pessôa
Governor
1817 - 1821                Luís do Rêgo Barreto

15 Nov 1555 - 16 Mar 1560  French settlement, Antarctic France (Antarctiques Françaises)
                             or Fort Coligny at modern Rio de Janeiro.
1563                       Portuguese Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, subordinated to Bahia.
1763                       Rio de Janeiro ceases to be a separate province, falling 
                             directly under the Viceroy of Brazil.
28 Feb 1821                Province

Governors
10 Nov 1555 - 1559         Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon 
1559 - 16 Mar 1660         Bois-le-Comte
1565 - 1567                Estácio de Sá 
1567 - 1568                Mem de Sá (governor-general) 
1569 - 1572                Salvador Correia de Sá (1st time) 
1573 - 1575                Cristovão de Barros 
1576 - 1577                Antônio Salema 
1577 - 1599                Salvador Correia de Sá (2nd time) 
1599 - 1602                Francisco de Mendonça e Vasconcelos 
1602 - 1608                Martim de Sá (1st time) 
1608 - 1614                Afonso de Albuquerque 
1614 - 1617                Constantino Menelau 
1617 - 1620                Rui Vaz Pinto 
1620 - 1623                Francisco Fajardo 
1623 - 1632                Martim de Sá (2nd time) 
1633 - 1637                Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques 
1637 - 1642                Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides 
                             (1st time) 
1642 - 1643                Duarte Correia Vasqueanes (acting) 
1643 - 1644                Luís Barbalho Bezerra 
1644 - 1645                Francisco de Souto Maior 
1645 - 1648                Duarte Correia Vasqueanes (1st time) 
1648                       Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides 
                             (2nd time) 
1648 - 1649                Duarte Correia Vasqueanes (acting) 
1649 - 1651                Salvador de Brito Pereira 
1651 - 1652                Antônio Galvão (acting) 
1652 - 1657                Luís de Almeida Portugal 
1657 - 1659                Tomé Correia de Alvarenga 
1659 - 1660                Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides 
                             (3rd time) 
1660                       Tomé Correia de Alvarenga 
1660 - 1661                Agostinho Barbalho Bezerra 
1661 - 1662                João Correia de Sá 
1662 - 1666                Pedro de Melo 
1666 - 1670                Pedro de Mascarenhas 
1670 - 1675                João da Silva e Souza 
1675 - 1679                Matias da Cunha 
1679                       Manoel Lobo 
1679 - 1681                João Tavares Roldon (acting) 
1681 - 1682                Pedro Gomes 
1682 - 1686                Duarte Teixeira Chaves 
1686 - 1689                João Furtado de Mendonça 
1689 - 1690                Francisco Naper de Lencastre 
                             (acting)
1690 - 1693                Luís César de Meneses 
1693 - 1694                Antônio Paes de Sande 
1694 - 1695                André Cuzaco
1695 - 1697                Sebastião de Castro Caldas 
1697                       Martim Correia Vasques (acting) 
1697 - 1699                Francisco de Castro Morais (acting) 
1699 - 1702                Artur de Sá e Meneses
1702 - 1704                Álvaro da Silva e Albuquerue
1705 - 1709                Fernão Martins Mascarenhas e
                             Lencastre
1709 - 1710                António de Albuquerque Coelho
                             de Carvalho (1st time)
1710 - 1711                Francisco de Castro Morais
1711 - 1713                António de Albuquerque Coelho
                             de Carvalho (2nd time)
1713 - 1716                Francisco Xavier de Távora
1716 - 1717                Manuel de Almeida Castelo Branco
1717 - 1719                António de Brito Freire de Meneses
1719 - 1725                Aires de Saldanha de Albuquerque
                             Coutinho Matos e Noronha
1725 - 1732                Luís Vahia Monteiro
1732 - 1733                Manuel de Freitas da Fonseca
1733 - 1763                Gomes Freire de Andrade
1763 - 1821                the Viceroys of Brazil

1597                       Captaincy of Rio Grande
1701 - 1808                Subordinated to Pernambuco.
1737                       Re-named Rio Grande do Norte.
1633 - 1654                Occupied by the Dutch.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Captain-major
1697 - 1701                Bernardo Vieira de Melo
Governors
1700 - 1705                Antonio de Carvalho e Almeida
1705 - 1708                Sebastião Nunes Colares
1708 - 1711                André Nogueira da Costa
1711 - 1715                Salvador Álvares da Silva
1715 - 1718                Domingos Amado
1718 - 1722                Luís Ferreira Freire
1722 - 1728                João Pereira da Fonseca
1728 - 1731                Domingos de Morias Navarro
1731 - 1734                João de Barros Braga
1734 - 1739                João de Teive Barreto e Meneses
1739 - 1751                Francisco Xavier de Miranda Henriques
1751 - 1757                Pedro de Albuquerque e Mello
1757 - 1760                João Coutinho de Bragança
1760 - 1774                Joaquim Félix de Lima
1774 - 1791                Senate Chamber
1791 - 1800                Caetano da Silva Sanches
1800 - 1802                Government Junta
1802 - 1805                Lopo Joaquim de Almeida Henriques
1806 - 1811                José Francsico de Paula Cavalcanti de 
                             Albuquerque
1812 - 1816                Sebastião Francisco de Mello e Póvoas
1816 - 1821                José Inácio Borges

 7 Mar 1739                Santa Catarina captaincy split from São Paulo.
 7 Mar 1777 -  1 Mar 1778  Spanish occupation. 
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Part of independent Brazil.

Governors
 7 Mar 1739 - 20 Aug 1743  José da Silva Paes
20 Aug 1743 - 25 Jan 1744  Manuel de Figueiredo
25 Jan 1744 -  2 Feb 1749  Pedro de Azambuja Ribeiro
 2 Feb 1749 - 25 Oct 1753  Manuel Escudeiro Ferreira de
                             Sousa
25 Oct 1753 -  7 Mar 1762  José de Mello Manuel
 7 Mar 1762 - 12 Jun 1765  Francisco António Cardozo de 
                             Meneses
12 Jun 1765 -  5 Sep 1775  Francisco de Sousa Meneses
 5 Sep 1775 -  7 Mar 1777  Pedro António da Gama Freitas
 7 Mar 1777 -  1 Mar 1778  Spanish occupation
 1 May 1778 -  5 May 1779  Francisco António da Veiga Cabral
 5 Jul 1779 -  7 Jul 1786  Francisco de Barros de Moraes 
                             Araújo Teixeira Omem
 7 Jul 1786 - 17 Jan 1791  José Pereira Pinto
17 Jan 1791 -  8 Jul 1793  Manuel Soares de Coimbra
 8 Jul 1793 - 19 Jan 1800  João Alberto de Miranda Ribeiro   (d. 1800)
19 Jan 1800 -  8 Dec 1800  Triumvirate
                           - José da Gama Lobo Coelho d'Eça
                           - Aleixo Maria Caetano
                           - José Pereira da Cunha
 8 Dec 1800 - 20 Nov 1804  Joaquim Xavier Curado
20 Nov 1804 - 16 Aug 1817  Luís Maurício da Silveira
16 Aug 1817 - 20 Jun 1821  João Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque
20 Jul 1821 - 20 May 1822  Tomas Joaquim Pereira Valente

1759                        Captaincy of São José do Piauí
                             (subordinated to Maranhão until 1811).
28 Feb 1821                 Province of Piauí
 7 Sep 1822                 Province of independent Brazil.

Captains-major
1761 - 1769                 João Pereira Caldas
1769 - 1775                 Gonçalo Pereira Botelho de Castro
1775 - 1777                 Government Junta
1777 - 17 ..                Manuel Pinheiro
17.. - 17 ..                Fernão José Veloso de Miranda
17.. - 17 ..                José Estêves Falcão
17.. - 17 ..                José Rodrigues de Azevedo
17.. - 17 ..                Domingos Barreira de Macedo
17.. - 17 ..                Manuel Pacheco Taveira
17.. - 17 ..                António Teixeira de Novais
17.. - 17 ..                José Pereira de Brito
17.. - 17 ..                João Pereira de Carvalho
17.. - 17 ..                Caetano de Cea de Figueiredo
17.. - 17 ..                Inácio Rodrigues de Miranda
17.. - 17 ..                António Gomes da Cruz
17.. - 17 ..                António Gameiro da Cruz
17.. - 1797                 Agostino de Sousa Monteiro
1797 - 1799                 João de Amorim Pereira (1st time)
1799 - 1803                 Francisco Diogo de Morais
17 Feb 1803 -  4 Jun 1803   João de Amorim Pereira (2nd time)
1803 - 1805                 Pedro José César de Meneses
1805 - 1806                 Luís Antonio Sarmento da Maia
1806 - 1810                 Carlos César Bularmaqui
1810 - 1811                 Francisco da Costa Rabelo
Governors
1811 - 1814                 Amaro Joaquim Raposo de Albuquerque
1814 - 1819                 Baltasar de Sousa Botelho de Vasconcelos
1819 - 1821                 Elias José Ribeiro de Carvalho
1821 - 1822                 Provisional Government Junta

1757                       São José do Rio Negro, subordinated to Grão-Pará.
 7 Sep 1822                Part of independent Brazil.

Governors
1758 - 1760                Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas
1760 - 1761                Gabriel de Sousa Filgueiras
1761 - 1763                Valério Correia Botelho de Andrade
1763 - 1779                Joaquim Tinoco Valente
1779                       António Nunes
1780                       Domingos Franco de Carvalho
1781                       Filipe Serrão de Castro
1782                       Bento José do Rêgo
1783                       João Baptista Mardel
1784                       Sebastião Eusébio de Matos
1785                       António Francisco Mendes
1786                       José Gomes da Silva
1786 - 1799                Manuel da Gama Lobo de Almada
1799 - 1804                José António Salgado
1804 - 1805                José Simoes de Carvalho
1806 - 1818                José Joaquim Vitório da Costa
1818 - 1821                Manuel Joaquim do Paço

1710                       Donatárias of São Vicente, Santo Amaro, and Itanhaêm sold to 
                             Portugal together with interior areas.
17 Apr 1709                São Vicente renamed to São Paulo e Minas de Ouro.
12 Sep 1720                São Paulo e Minas de Ouro captaincy split into Minas Gerais
                             and São Paulo.
1748 - 1763                Subordinated to Rio de Janeiro.
 9 May 1748                Goiáz and Mato Grosso captaincies split from São Paulo.
1750                       Renamed São Paulo.
28 Feb 1821                Province
 7 Sep 1822                Province of independent Brazil.

Donatários de São Vicente
1533 - 1571                Martim Afonso de Sousa 
1572 - 1586                Pero Lopes de Sousa 
1587 - 1610                Lopo de Sousa 
1621 - 1624                Mariana de Sousa Guerra,
                             condessa de Vimieiro (f)
1624 - 1645                disputed
1645 - 1648                Sancho de Faro
1649 - 1653                Diogo de Faro e Sousa 
1654 - 1679                Luís Carneiro 
1679 - 1691                Francisco Luís Carneiro de Sousa 

Captains-major
1533                       Pero de Gois
1533 - 1534                Ana Pimentel (f) (acting)
1536 - 1538                Gonçalo Monteiro 
1538 - 1542                Antônio de Oliveira (1st time)
1543 - 1545                Cristóvão de Aguiar de Altero 
1545 - 1549                Bras Cubas (1st time)
1549 - 1552                Antônio de Oliveira 
1552 - 1554                Bras Cubas (2nd time)
1554 - 1556                Gonçalo Afonso (2nd time)
1556 - 1557                Jorge Ferreira (1st time)
1557 - 1559                Antônio Rodrigues de Almeida 
                             (1st time)
1559 - 1563                Francisco de Morais Narreto
1563 - 1567                Pedro Ferraz Barreto 
1567 - 1569                Jorge Ferreira (2nd time)
1569 - 1571                Antônio Rodrigues de Almeida 
                             (2nd time)
1571 - 1573                Pedro Colaço Villela
1573 - 1580                Jerônimo Leitão (1st time)
1580 - 1583                Antônio de Proença (interim) 
1583 - 1582                Jerônimo Leitão (2nd time)
1592 - 1595                Jorge Correa 
1595 - 1598                João Pereira de Sousa
1598                       Roque Barreto (1st time)
1598 - 1602                Diogo Arias Aguirre
1602                       Pedro Vaz de Barros (1st time) 
1602 - 1605                Roque Barreto (2nd time) 
1605                       Pedro Vaz de Barros (2nd time) 
1605 - 1607                Pedro Cubas
1607 - 1608                Antonio Pedroso de Barros 
1608 - 1612                Gaspar Coqueiro 
1612                       Luís de Freitas Matoso 
1612 - 1613                Nuno Pereira Freire 
1613                       Roque Barreto (3rd time) 
1613 - 1614                Francisco de Sá Souto-Maior 
1614                       Domingos Pereira Jácome 
1614 - 1615                Paulo da Rocha e Siqueira 
1615 - 1617                Baltasar de Seixas Rabelo (1st time) 
1617 - 1618                Gonçalo Corrêa de Sá (1st time)
1618 - 1619                Martim de Sá 
1619 - 1620                Baltasar de Seixas Rabelo (2nd time) 
1620 - 1622                Manuel Rodrigues de Morais 
1622                       João de Moura Fogaça (1st time)
1622 - 1624                Fernão Vieira Tavares 
1624 - 1626                Álvaro Luís do Vale (1st time)
1626                       João de Moura Fogaça (2nd time) 
1626 - 1632                Gonçalo Corrêa de Sá (2nd time)
1632                       Pedro da Mota Leite 
1632 - 1635                Francisco da Costa 
1635 - 1638                Francisco da Rocha 
1638 - 1639                Antônio de Aguiar Barriga 
1639 - 1640                Vasco da Mota 
1640                       João Luís Mafra 
1640 - 1641                Calixto da Mota 
1641 - 1642                Gonçalo Corrêa de Sá (3rd time) 
1642                       Gaspar de Sousa Ulhôa 
1642                       Francisco da Fonseca Falcão 
1642 - 1644                Antônio Ribeiro de Morais 
1644                       Jacques Félix 
1644 - 1647                Antônio Lopes da Costa 
1647 - 1649                Manuel Carvalho 
1649                       Manuel Pereira Lôbo 
1649 - 1650                Dionísio da Costa 
1650 - 1652                Álvaro Luís do Vale 
1652                       Francisco Álvaro Marinho 
1652 - 1653                Gonçalo Couraça de Mesquita 
                             (1st time)
1653                       Valerio Carvalho
1653 - 1654                Jorge Fernandes da Fonseca