António Machado Santos
António Machado Santos GOA | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 October 1921 | (aged 46)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Resting place | Alto de São João Cemetery, Lisbon |
Known for | 5 October 1910 revolution |
Spouse | Beatriz Estefânia de Oliveira |
Children | Augusto Zeferino de Azevedo Machado Santos |
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António Maria de Azevedo Machado Santos
He left a personal account of the revolution, titled A Revolução Portuguesa: Relatório de Machado Santos ("The Portuguese Revolution: A Report by Machado Santos", published in 1911), one of the most complete accounts of the preparation of the revolutionary movement.[1]
Soon after the Republican Party started to split into different parties, he was opposed to the politics of those put in power following the revolution. He founded and published the opposition newspaper O Intransigente ("The Intransigent"). He established the Reformist Party and took part in the failed military coup of 27 April 1913 that aimed to topple Afonso Costa's government, and later, in 1915, supported General Pimenta de Castro's government. On 13 December 1916, he led the failed Tomar Revolt and was briefly arrested; in 1917, he was part of Sidónio Pais's military junta and government cabinets, until Pais's assassination in 1918.[2]
In 1919, he helped suppress
In 1921, he was assassinated during a military insurrection that became known as the
Distinctions
National orders
- Order of the Tower and Sword(4 September 1926)
- Order of Aviz(11 March 1919)
References
- ^ Machado Santos, António (1911). A Revolução Portuguesa: Relatório de Machado Santos (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Papelaria e Typographia Liberty.
- ^ ISBN 978-989-26-0497-8. Archived from the originalon 9 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 23 July 2018.