Juliana Republic

Infobox Former Country
native_name = República Juliana
conventional_long_name = Juliana Republic
common_name = Brazil
continent = South America
date_start = July 24
year_start = 1839
event_start =
date_end = November 15
year_end = 1839
event_end =

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symbol_type = Coat of arms
symbol_type_article = Coat of arms of Rio Grande do Sul
p1 = Empire of Brazil
flag_p1 = Flag of the First Empire of Brazil.svg
s1 = Empire of Brazil
flag_s1 = Flag of the Second Empire of Brazil.svg
national_motto = _pt. Liberdade, Igualdade, Humanidade
(Portuguese for "Liberty, Equality, Humanity.")
capital = Laguna
common_languages = Portuguese
government_type = Republic
title_leader = President
leader1 = Davi CanabarroThe Juliana Republic was declared in the imperial Brazilian province of Santa Catarina on July 24, 1839, and lasted only until November 15, 1839. The Republic was declared in an extension of the War of the Farrapos (War of the Tatterdemalions) in the neighbouring province of Rio Grande do Sul, where the Riograndense Republic had been declared.

The rebels from the Riograndense Republic, who were joined by Italian military leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, attacked Santa Catarina and conquered the harbor and city of Laguna.

The rebels could not conquer the imperial provincial capital of Ilha de Nossa Senhora do Desterro (present-day Florianópolis), because their naval forces were found and destroyed by the imperial Brazilian navy at Massiambu River (on the continent, south of Santa Catarina Island) while those rebel forces were preparing to atack Nossa Senhora do Desterro. Chiefly because of this, the República Juliana lasted for only four months. In November, imperial forces took the Julian capital of Laguna.