battle, nineteenth century
Battle of Pirajá
Battle of Pirajá was a battle fought in 1822 at Bahia, in what is now Brazil. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bahia. It was part of the Brazilian War of Independence, which ran from 1822 to 1824. The recorded result: Brazilian victory. Recorded strength: 1,300–2,000 against 1,900.
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Where it sits in the Brazilian War of Independence
Record
| Date | 1822 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Bahia, Brazil 12.520S, 41.690W | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 1,300–2,000 | 1,900 |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Itaparica 1823, 332 km E
- Bahia incident 1864, 338 km E
- Battle in the Bay of San Salvador 1627, 340 km E
- Siege of Salvador 1822, 348 km E
- First Battle of Salvador 1638, 348 km E
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Salvador 2 March 1822
- After: Battle of Itaparica 1823
- All 8 engagements of Brazilian War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1822
- Battle of Pichincha Ecuador
- Battle of Peta Greece
- Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios Greece
- Battle of Dervenakia Greece
- First Siege of Missolonghi Greece
Battle of Pirajá 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 Q29607, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pirajá, revision 1375628078, 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.