Editing Brazilian Armed Forces (section)

===Brazilian military coups d'état===
Although no military coups occurred during the 67 years of the [[Brazilian Empire]], the Republican period experienced four military coups d'état in the 75 years between 1889 and 1964.
* [[History of Brazil (1889–1930)#Constitutionalist Revolution|Proclamation of the Republic]] (1889): End of the [[Brazilian Empire]], this was the first [[coup d'état]] by the Brazilian military.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
* [[Revolution of 1930]]: Second military overthrow of government,<ref name="revistaepoca.globo.com" /> in which President [[Washington Luís]] was replaced by Getúlio Vargas, who became the Provisional President.
* [[1945 Brazilian coup d'état|End of ''Estado Novo'']] (1945): Then Dictator [[Getúlio Vargas]] was deposed by [[general]]s and General [[Eurico Dutra]] was elected president.<ref name="revistaepoca.globo.com" />
* [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état]]: President [[João Goulart]] was removed from office, leading to a military dictatorship which lasted until 1985.<ref name="revistaepoca.globo.com" />