battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Jenipapo

Name: Battle of Jenipapo
Start: 1823-03-13
Location: Jenipapo River, Brazil

Battle of Jenipapo was a battle fought on 13 March 1823 at Jenipapo River, in what is now Brazil. It was part of the Brazilian War of Independence, which ran from 1822 to 1824. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 militia; 2 cannons against 1,600 regulars; 11 cannons.

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Fought13 March 1823

WhereJenipapo River, Brazil4.782S, 42.119W

OutcomePortuguese victory

BelligerentsEmpire of BrazilagainstKingdom of Portugal

Casualties and losses742: 200 killed and wounded; 542 prisonersand79: 19 killed; 60 wounded

Part ofBrazilian War of Independence1822 to 1824

Where it sits in the Brazilian War of Independence

8 placed engagements of the Brazilian War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	13 March 1823
Place	Jenipapo River, Brazil 4.782S, 42.119W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	2,000 militia; 2 cannons	1,600 regulars; 11 cannons
Casualties and losses	742: 200 killed and wounded; 542 prisoners	79: 19 killed; 60 wounded
Commanders	Luís Rodrigues Chaves Francisco Inácio da Costa	João José da Cunha Fidié

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Caxias 1823, 137 km W
Battle of Guararapes 1649, 868 km SE
Action of 12–17 January 1640 1640, 872 km SE
Siege of Recife 1630, 879 km SE
Recapture of Recife 1654, 879 km SE

In the same war

Before: Siege of Montevideo 20 January 1823
After: Battle of 4 May 4 May 1823
All 8 engagements of Brazilian War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1823

Battle of Trocadero Spain
Battle of Karpenisi Greece
Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo Venezuela
Second Siege of Missolonghi Greece
Battle of Ibarra Ecuador

Battle of Jenipapo is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Brazil.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871321, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jenipapo, revision 1384954164, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.