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1942
September21Death of journalist and politician Lindolfo Collor. Grandfather of president Collor.
1949
Augustus12Birth of future president Fernando Collor.
1987
March9Future president Fernando Collor, governor of Alagoas ask the judiciary to criminalize maharajas (highly payed public servants).
1989
May14 Fernando Collor leaves office in Alagoas to run for president.
July12The small PRN party launches Fernando Collor?s presidential candidacy. His vice-presidential candidate is Itamar Franco.
November12On the last day of the presidential campaign Fernando Collor attracts 70.000 in Macei?, Brizola 100.000 in Nova Igua?u, Covas 100.000 in Santos and Lula 300.000 in Sao Paulo.
15 Fernando Collor with 28,5% of the vote and Lula with 16,1% go to the second round of the elections. Collor will win.
December3In the second round of the presidential elections the first debate between Fernando Collor and Lula takes place. Collor didn?t take part in any debates during the first round.
14 Fernando Collor and Lula have their second television debate in the second round of the first democratic elections since the military takeover in 1964.
17 Fernando Collor wins the election with 35 million votes (42,7%) Lula obtains 31,1 million votes (37,9%).
1990
March13 Fernando Collor request and Sarney concedes the closing of banks until the 19th of March. PC Farias and Collor's secretary Ana Aciolli manage to withdraw almost all their funds beforehand.
15 Fernando Collor takes office as the first democratically elected president after the military rule.
April3Congress aproves in a record time of eight days the Collor plan.
1991
January8The Collor government puts 7 more state companies on the list to be privatized.
31Plano Collor II takes effect. Banks will be closed the next day, wages won't be indexed and prices will be frozen.
February5Import taxes are reduced again by the Collor government with an average of 25%.
March14President Fernando Collor gives 70% of the sugarcane plantation subsidies for the North East to his homestate of Alagoas.
22An unemployed man tries to attack President Fernando Collor with a knife.
1992
March30A collective dismissal of Fernando Collor's ministers, to allow a reshuffle.
May10Veja publishes accusations of corruption made by Pedro Collor against his brother president Fernando Collor.
July75 thousand people protest in Brasilia for the impeachment of President Fernando Collor.
Augustus13In the midst of a corruption scandal President Collor asks the population to wear the Brazilian green and yellow to show their support for him.
24The final report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the PC-scheme incriminates president Fernando Collor for profiting from the scheme.
September2His own party (PRN) allows its members to vote in favor of the impeachment of president Fernando Collor.
8The Chamber of Deputies starts the impeachment process for president Collor due to a corruption scandal.
181.2 million people protest for the impeachment of president Fernando Collor in Sao Paulo. Smaller marches are held in Belo Horizonte, Jo?o Pessoa and Natal.
December30Former president Fernando Collor loses his political rights until 2002 after a corruption scandal.
1994
December19Death of Pedro Collor, who made the declarations that would lead to the impeachment process of his brother Fernando Collor.
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