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LuÃs Magalhães Correia
LuÃs António de Magalhães Correia or LuÃs António de Magalhães Corrêa (30 June 1873 - 29 September 1960) was a Portuguese naval officer, becoming a vice-admiral in 1937. He is also notable as a government minister and colonial administrator. From 1928 to 1930 he was Navy Minister and governor of Macau and from 1945 to 1948 administrator of the Tangier International Zone. He also served as interim Foreign Minister. Life He was born in Lisbon, volunteering for the Portuguese Army aged just 14 and later attending the Royal Military College. He transferred to the navy, attending the Naval School and passing out top of his class. At the end of his naval training, on 19 May 1891, aged 18, he was promoted from cadet to guarda-marinha, starting his naval career on the frigate ''Dom Fernando II e Glória'' before transferring to the gunboat ''Diu'', then commanded by captain lieutenant Manuel de Azevedo Gomes and attached to Portugal's naval forces in the Far East. In 1893, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Navy
The Portuguese Navy (), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'') or as the Portuguese Armada (''Armada Portuguesa''), is the navy of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Chartered in 1317 by King Dinis of Portugal, it is List of navies, the oldest continuously serving navy in the world; in 2017, the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation. The navy played a key role in Portuguese maritime exploration during the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries. The result of this technical and scientific discoveries led Portugal to develop advanced ships, including the caravel, new and more sophisticated types of carracks for interoceanic travel and the oceanic galleon, Os Navios e as Técnicas Náuticas Atlânticas nos Séculos XV e XVI: Os Pilares da Estratégia 3C - Rear Admiral Antonio S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced , "Leghorn" in the Oxford Dictionaries Online. or ). During the Italian Renaissance, Renaissance, Livorno was designed as an "ideal town". Developing considerably from the second half of the 16th century by the will of the House of Medici, Livorno was an important free port. Its intense commercial activity was largely dominated by foreign traders. Also the seat of consulates and shipping companies, it became the main port-city of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The high status of a multiethnic and multicultural Livorno lasted until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Branco
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". Given name * Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon A * Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete * Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter * Fernando AlegrÃa, Chilean poet and writer * Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso DÃaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ..., Spanish Formula One driver * Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer * Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter * Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist * Fernando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Ivens Ferraz
General Artur Ivens Ferraz (; 1 December 1870, in Lisbon Р16 January 1933, in Lisbon), was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He served in the Portuguese Expeditionary Force during the Portuguese participation in World War I, in France. He was later Governor-General of Portuguese Mozambique, and was Minister of Trade, Colonies and Finances. He also served as Prime Minister from 8 July 1929 to 21 January 1930. He later occupied the post of general administrator of the Army and head of the Armed Forces. Early life Born in Lisbon in 1870, he was the son of engineer Ricardo J̼lio Ferraz and his wife Catherine Prescott Hickling Ivens. He had five brothers and one sister; three of his brothers also went into the military. He was educated at the Royal Military College from 1883 to 1888. He then attended the Escola Polit̩cnica in Lisbon and the School of the Army, where he completed the Artillery course with a high mark in 1893. Military career In 1900, he com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingos Oliveira
Domingos Augusto Alves da Costa Oliveira (; 31 July 1873 – 24 December 1957) was a Portuguese general and politician. Career He was nominated, on 21 January 1930, Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Council of Ministers) during the period of the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) that preceded the Estado Novo (New State). A conservative, he opposed all the attempts to restore democracy, like the failed military uprising of April and May 1931 in Madeira and the Azores Islands. The popularity and political role demonstrated by the Finance Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar, led him to resign on 25 June 1932, to be replaced by Salazar, who would retain the post for the following 36 years. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword and the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz The Military Order of Aviz (), known previously to 1910 as the Royal Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz (), and before 1789 as the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Da Fonseca Monteiro
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and in Catalonia it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became ''Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name '' Saint James'' developed in Spanish to ''Santiago'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names ''Diego'' (Spanish) and '' Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of ''Jaime''. In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name, along with given name James. For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years. People * Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the 4th Duke of Braganza * Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), Spanish prince, the second son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Carmona
António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (November 24, 1869April 18, 1951) was the 11th president of Portugal, serving from 1926 until his death in 1951. A Portuguese army officer and politician he previously served as prime minister of Portugal from 1926 to 1928, served as the War Ministry (Portugal), minister of war, in late 1923 and in 1926, and as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal), minister of foreign affairs in 1926. Political origin Carmona was a republicanism, republican and a Freemason, and was a quick adherent to the proclamation of the Portuguese First Republic on 5 October 1910 revolution, 5 October 1910. He was, however, never a sympathizer of the democratic form of government, and – as he would later confess in an interview to António Ferro – he only voted for the first time at the 1933 Portuguese constitutional referendum, 1933 constitutional referendum. During the First Republic, he briefly served as Minister of War in the cabinet of António Ginestal Machad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRP Almirante Schultz
NRP may refer to: Science * Neuropilin * Nonribosomal peptide * Nurse rostering problem, a problem in computer science Political parties * National Renaissance Party (United States) * National Reform Party (other) * National Religious Party, in Israel * Nevis Reformation Party, in Saint Kitts and Nevis * New Republic Party (South Africa) * New Reform Party of Ontario, a defunct party in Ontario, Canada * New Rights Party, in Georgia * Nordic Reich Party, in Sweden * Norodom Ranariddh Party, a royalist opposition party in Cambodia Other * Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police, officially abbreviated as NRP * National Reading Panel * National Partnership for Reinventing Government, U.S. reform initiative launched in 1993 by Vice President Al Gore * National Reconciliation Program, a political organization in Burma * National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 * National Response Plan, former US Department of Homeland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28 May 1926 Coup D'état
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28 May Revolution or, during the period of the Corporatism, corporatist ''Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo'' (), the National Revolution (), was a military coup of a nationalist origin, that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated 48 years of corporatist and nationalist rule within Portugal. The regime that immediately resulted from the coup, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' (National Dictatorship), would be later refashioned into the ''Estado Novo'', which in turn would last until the Carnation Revolution in 1974. Background The chronic political instability and government's neglect of the army created opportunities for military plots. Historians have considered that the coup had wide support, including all political parties at the time except for the Democratic Party (Portugal), Democratic Party, Portuguese Communist Party, the Portuguese Socialist Party, the ''Seara Nova'' group, General Confederation of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Maria Da Silva
António Maria da Silva, GCTE (; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the Portuguese First Republic. After his party's victory in the legislative elections of 8 November 1925, he was invited to form a government. He led a great campaign against President Manuel Teixeira Gomes Manuel Teixeira Gomes (27 May 1860 – 18 October 1941) was a Portuguese politician who served as the 7th president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925. Personal life Manuel Teixeira Gomes was born in Vila Nova de Portimão, the son of José LÃba ..., that forced him to resign. He was the last Prime Minister of the 1st Republic, resigning two days after the 28 May 1926 military movement. For his services, he was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword. In popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
