Tiradentes' Day in Brazil
Tiradentes' Day in Brazil is held on April 21. Joaquim José da Silva Xavier known as Tiradentes. This event in the third decade of the month April is annual. 
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Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, or Tiradentes, was a dentist who organized a movement against Portuguese rule in Brazil in 1789. Tiradentes Day in Brazil is a national holiday is celebrated annually on April 21st. It commemorates the execution of Brazilian national hero Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier on this day in 1792. And so, on the morning of Saturday, April 21, 1792, Tiradentes walked in procession through the decorated streets of downtown Rio de Janeiro to the gallows. Executed and quartered, with his blood the certification that the death sentence had been carried out was signed and his infamous memory was declared.
Tiradentes alludes to the nickname of Joaquim, who was a pharmacist and dentist by profession. The word Tiradentes means the one who pulls out the teeth in Portuguese. This Brazilian national hero is widely known for defending the autonomy of the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.
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