Fortunato José Barreiros (26 March 1797 – 16 August 1885) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.
Biography
Barreiros was born in Elvas in southern Portugal.
Military career
Fortunato Barreiros started his career at age 9 on 25 April 1805 at the 3rd Artillery Regiment. On 23 January 1821, he was promoted captain of the General Staff of the Army. In 1824, he took part in the
April Revolt
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, he had been arrested at Castelo de S. Jorge. In 1876, he took over as commander of the Military School and in the following year, he became President of the Commission on reform of the same school.
He finished his career on his post as General of the Division in 1870.
Throughout his life as a soldier, Fortunato Barreiros received different titles and medals including Knight of the Tower and Sword (1833), Knight of Aviz (1834), Commander of Aviz (1847), Commander of
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João de Fontes Pereira de Melo
João de Fontes Pereira de Melo (25 January 1780 – 28 October 1856) was a Portuguese politician and a general in the 19th century. He was colonial governor of Cape Verde and Minister of the Maritime and Overseas.António Maria Barreiros Arrobas. He was taught at the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Fortification, Artillery and Designing Academy, he was member of the commission of revisions at the Escola Politécnica (Polytechnic School). In 1838, he effectively elected to the class of Exact Sciences at the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1849 and 1851, he was later elected President of the General Assembly.
In 1868, he was nominated by the consultive commission of the Minister of War.
Works
*''Considerações sobre a defesa do porto de Lisboa'' (''Consideration on the Defense of the Port of Lisbon'')
*''Nota acerca do emprego dos odres nas pontes militares''
*''Memória descritiva da praça de Elvas e seus fortes adjacentes'' (''Descriptive Memoir of Elvas Beach and its Nearby Forts'')
*''Nacionalidade Portuguesa'' (''Portuguese Nationality'')
*''Milícia Romana'' (''Roman Army'')
*''Ensaio sobre os princípios gerais de estratégia e de grande táctica'', (1837)
*''Princípios gerais de castrametação, aplicados ao acampamento das tropas portuguesas'', (1838)
*''Memória sobre os pesos e medidas em Portugal, Espanha, Inglaterra e França'' (''Memoir on Weights and Measures in Portugal, Spain, England and France'')
*''Instrução teórico-prática de artilharia'' (''Practical Theory Instruction on Artillery'')
*''Compêndio de Artilharia'' (''Memoir on the Main'')
*''Memória sobre os principais melhoramentos que têm recebido a espingarda de infantaria desde 1815''
See also
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List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
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History of Cape Verde
The recorded history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese discovery of the island in 1458. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least 2,000 years.
Prehistory
The first islands formed, around 40–50 million years ag ...