Almada (José António de)
Original title: Almada (José Antonio de)
Biography of José António de Almada (1813–1885), a Machico-born soldier who fled the Miguelist blockade of Madeira in 1832 to join the liberal forces and was decorated with the Order of the Tower and Sword.
He was born in Machico on 19 April 1813. During the blockade of Madeira in May 1832 he fled to the Queen’s naval division. In 1833 he was promoted to sergeant, having landed on the beaches of Mindelo as a soldier of the expedition commanded by Pedro IV. He was present at the siege of Porto, served at the Serra do Pilar and took part in various actions and battles of the liberal campaigns, being wounded at Asseiceira on 16 May 1834. By decree of 8 September 1834, Queen Maria II was pleased to make him a knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword. He died in Funchal on 2 May 1885.
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Time
Years mentioned · 05-
José António de Almada was born in Machico.
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During the blockade of Madeira, José António de Almada fled to the Queen's naval division.
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José António de Almada was promoted to sergeant.
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José António de Almada was wounded at the battle of Asseiceira.
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Queen D. Maria II made José António de Almada a knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword.
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José António de Almada died in Funchal.
Place
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Abroad
- Asseiceira
Portugal. Battle where Almada was wounded in 1834.
Asseiceira is a place in Portugal, the site of an 1834 battle in which José António de Almada was wounded.
- Funchal
Where Almada died.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Machico
Birthplace of Almada.
The parish of Machico was the landing place of the discoverers Zargo and Tristão Vaz and the seat of the captaincy of Machico; the parish was founded c. 1450. The Elucidário covers its clergy and stipends, chapels, historical events, mineral springs, localities, population and notable natives.
- Mindelo
Cape Verde. Beaches where the liberal expedition landed in 1832.
Mindelo is a foreign place whose beaches were the landing point of D. Pedro's liberal expedition in 1832. Several Madeirans took part in that landing.
- Porto
Portugal. City whose siege Almada took part in.
A Portuguese city, where the 1820 liberal revolution began and whose district is the only one denser than Funchal's. Several Madeirans studied at its medical school or Academia Politécnica, and some lived or died there. The editor of O Funchalense Liberal was hanged there, and Marítimo beat FC Porto there in 1922.
- Serra do Pilar
Portugal. Position held by Almada during the siege of Porto.
Position held by Almada during the siege of Porto.
People
People mentioned · 03- José António de Almada1813–1885
Madeiran liberal soldier in the 1832–34 civil war, wounded at Asseiceira and knighted in the Order of the Tower and Sword.
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Queen of Portugal who decorated Almada by decree of 8 September 1834.
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King who commanded the liberal expedition that landed at Mindelo in which Almada served.