January(?) 1(?), 1613 - Faial, Madeira Island - João Fernandes Vieira is born
January(?) 1(?), 1624 - Funchal, Madeira Island - 11-year old João Fernandes Vieira boards a ship for Brazil
February 20, 1630 - Saint George Fort, Recife, Brazil - Defence of the fort during the First dutch assault, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hartman Godtfrielt van Steyncalenfelts =(START)
February 27, 1630 - Saint George Fort, Recife - Defence of the fort during the Second dutch assault, under Lieutenant-Colonel Adolf van der Elts
March 24, 1633 - Arraial (old) do Bom Jesus, W of Olinda - Vieira kills many "flemish" during the defence of the arraial (village/fair)
July 1(?), 1635 - Várzea do Capibaribe, W Recife - João Fernandes Vieira meets Jacob Stachouwer, his future employer
March 7, 1637 - Olinda - Vieira is one of the subscribers of a memorial addressed to the Earl of Nassau
May 1(?), 1638 - Várzea do Capibaribe, W Recife - Jacob Stachouwer returns to the Netherlands and leaves Vieira as his procurator, with powers to manage 3 dutch sugar mill proprieties
May 29, 1638 - Várzea do Capibaribe, W Recife (?) - Vieira Commits to adquire sugar to the Dutch West Indies Company, in the inland sugar mills
August 2, 1638 - The dutch arrest several farmers and millers(?), accused of maintaining contact with the enemy. One is beheaded and several ones exiled to Fernando de Noronha Island. Vieira is not among them
August 12, 1638 - Vieira concludes for himself, for 26,000 guilders, the annual contract of the "pension" on the sugars of the Pernambuco mills
August 17, 1638 - Gets permission to seize all slaves belonging to people who abandoned service, so that they are sold for 130 "reais" each
October 6, 1638 - Vieira finishes concluding a credit for Jacob Stachouwer, a set of sugar canes worth 28,500 guilders
June 1(?), 1639 - Olinda - Vieira's name appears among the candidates to Magistrate of Olinda
February 1(?), 1640 - Concludes the collection of the three major contracts of the Colony rents
July 1(?), 1640 - Vieira concludes the contracts of the sugar tithes in the captaincies of Pernambuco and Itamaracá, and of the pensions of the sugar mills, all for 185,000 guilders
August 27, 1640 - Recife - Represents the portuguese residents of Várzea do Capibaribe at the assembly convened by the Count of Nassau
September 4, 1640 - Recife - Nassau's Assembly ends
January(?) 1(?), 1641 - concludes the contracts for the collection of sugar tithes from pernambuco, Itamaracá and other 4 parishes
July 1(?), 1641 - Recife(?) - Vieira is raised to the dignity of Magistrate of Mauritstad (Recife)
October 1(?), 1641 - Laurens de Jonge and Jan Schouten transfer to Vieira the contract of the Balance
June 30, 1642 - Recife(?) - Vieira appears before Nassau, declaring himself debtor or the Company, for the contracts of tithes and pensions and purchase of slaves and also for assuming the debts of Stachouwer and De Ridder, for the purchase of sugar mills and because floods and plagues spoiled the cane fields. The dutch company liquidates Vieira's debts of 39,000 guilders
December 13, 1642 - Recife - Audience to justify rumours spread by jews that he was writing letters to the King of Portugal to "prepare something" against New Holland
May 15, 1645 - Várzea do Capibaribe, W Recife - Vieira names the captains of the parish of São Gonçalo
May 23, 1645 - Várzea do Capibaribe - Vieira and others sign a document binding them in the fight against the dutch
June 13, 1645 - Várzea do Capibaribe - The first 50 insurgents gather around Vieira for the start of the insurrection
June 17, 1645 - Camaragibe - Vieira, now with 130 insurgents, takes steps to recruit more men in several villages
June 29, 1645 - Maciape - More captains, with dozens of men, join Vieira's 300 insurgents (more than 800)
June 30, 1645 - Maciape - A patrol of 12 dutch soldiers and 8 indians is ambushed and eliminated
July 5, 1645 - The dutch consider Vieira an "enemy of the State" and offer a reward of 1000 guilders for him, dead or alive
July 6, 1645 - São Lourenço - Vieira stays for 3 days at the village of São Lourenço
July 10, 1645 - Sítio do Covas - Vieira stays for 22 days at Sítio do Covas
August 3, 1645 - Monte das Tabocas - The portuguese defeat the dutch, commanded by Hendrick van Haus
August 16, 1645 - Santo António do Cabo - Vieira and André Vidal de Negreiros meet at Santo António do Cabo, abandoned by the dutch
August 17, 1645 - Capibaribe River - Vieira and Negreiros pursue the dutch and arrest Van Haus and other 3 dutch captains
August 30, 1645 - W of Olinda(?) - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon
September 4, 1645 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus, W of Olinda - The "Arraial novo do Bom Jesus" begins building (fortified settlement)
October 6, 1645 - W of Olinda(?) - Vieira is named "mestre de campo" (fieldmaster) of the Pernambuco "Terço"(*)
October 7, 1645 - W of Olinda(?) - Vieira is elected Governor of Pernambuco
December 30 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus, W of Olinda - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon
May 10, 1646 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus, W of Olinda - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon
June 30(?), 1646 - Itamaracá (continental part) - Vieira starts a "scorched Earth" policy
August 15, 1646 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus - Letter to the Marquess of Montalvão, viceroy of Brazil
September 11, 1646 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus - Letters to the dutch traders in Recife
February 14, 1647 - Arraial (new) do Bom Jesus - Friendly letter to Stachouwer
April 19, 1648 - Morro dos Guararapes, Pernambuco - First Battle of Guararapes - Portuguese Victory (1200 dutch casualties)
April 22, 1648 - Olinda - The dutch are expelled from Olinda, almost without combat
February 19, 1649 - Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco - Second Battle of Guararapes - Decisive portuguese victory (1045 dutch casualties)
April 3, 1650 - Pernambuco - Vieira and Negreiros write a letter to King John IV
July 10, 1650 - Pernambuco - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon
March 6, 1652 - Pernambuco - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon
November 3, 1652 - Pernambuco - Letter to King John IV in Lisbon, about spanish ships in Angola taking slaves
December 20, 1653 - Pernambuco - Meeting with Pedro Jacques de Magalhães, just arrived from Lisbon
January 15, 1654 - Recife - Vieira starts the assault on Recife
January 26, 1654 - Recife - The Dutch capitulate in Recife. Vieira enters the city on 27th
May 25, 1654 - Pernambuco - Vieira reports about the situation of fortifications in the Northeast of Brazil
February 12, 1655 - Recife - Vieira is appointed Governor of Paraíba
August 1(?), 1655 - Recife - Departs to Paraíba with 300 soldiers
August 19, 1657 - Paraíba - Vieira leaves his post as Governor of Paraíba
February(?) 1(?), 1658 - Recife - Vieira departs to Angola with 200 soldiers and 5 ships (1 rented english)
August 14, 1658 - Luanda, Angola - Vieira arrives in Luanda and takes possession of the Government on the same day
September 15, 1658 - Luanda - Letter to King Afonso VI, in Lisbon
October 6, 1658 - Luanda - Letter to King Afonso VI, informing about his explorations by land towards the kingdom of Benguela
November 8, 1661 - Luanda - Letter to King Afonso VI, in Lisbon
January(?) 14(?), 1662 - Luanda - Departs to Recife (speculative date)
April 2, 1662 - Recife - Arrives in Recife
May 22, 1671 - Pernambuco - Letter to King Peter II
February 15, 1674 - Maranguape - Vieira writes his own Testament
April 26, 1674 - Pernambuco - Letter to King Peter II, about the richnesses that undoubtly existed in the mines
October 19, 1674 - Pernambuco - Appointed Superintendent of the Northeast fortifications
May 30, 1677 - Pernambuco - Letter to King Peter II, about the need for colonists from Madeira and Azores
July 26, 1677 - Pernambuco - Letter to King Peter II, asking to switch tax collection for slave trading to Brazil instead of St. Tomé
September 10, 1678 - Pernambuco - Letter to King Peter II, asking authorization to bring colonists from the Atlantic Islands
January 10, 1681 - Olinda - João Fernandes Vieira dies =(END)
(*) Military formation similar to Spanish "tercio" - meaning "third" (1/3 firearms, 1/3 pikemen and 1/3 swordsmen)
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