Almeida may refer to:

People

Almeida (surname) Almeida is a common surname in Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking nations of Portugal, Brazil and in West India, which was at one time colonized by the Portuguese. It is a toponym derived from the town of Almeida, Portugal, Almeida in Beira A ...

Almeida Garrett João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of t ...

(1799–1854), Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician

Places

* Almeida, Boyacá, a town and municipality in Colombia *

Almeida Municipality Almeida () is a fortified village and a municipality in the sub-region of Beira Interior Norte and the District of Guarda, Portugal. The town proper has a population of 1,300 people (2011). The municipality population in 2011 was 7,242, in an are ...

, Portugal ** Almeida, Portugal, a town in Almeida Municipality * 17040 Almeida, an asteroid

In warfare

Siege of Almeida (1762) The siege of Almeida took place in August 1762 when a Spanish force besieged and captured the city of Almeida from its Portuguese defenders during the Seven Years' War. The city was taken on 25 August as part of the invasion of Portugal by a ...

, during the Seven Years' War *

Siege of Almeida (1810) In the Siege of Almeida, Portugal, the French corps of Marshal Michel Ney captured the border fortress from Brigadier General William Cox's Portuguese garrison. This action was fought in the summer of 1810 during the Peninsular War portion ...

, during the Napoleonic Wars in Portugal *

Blockade of Almeida In the Blockade of Almeida (14 April – 10 May 1811) a French garrison under Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand was surrounded by approximately 13,000 Anglo-Allied soldiers led by Generals Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet and Sir ...

(1811), during the Napoleonic Wars in Portugal

Other uses

Almeida Theatre The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat producing house with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diver ...

, a theatre in the UK *

Almeida Recebida The Almeida Recebida is a Portuguese Bible version based on the Received Text (Textus Receptus) manuscripts, as opposed to the Westcott and Hort ''The New Testament in the Original Greek'' is a Greek-language version of the New Testament published ...

, a bible version

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