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    Dom Francisco de Almeida (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ]), also known as the Great Dom Francisco (c. 1450 – 1 March 1510), was a Portuguese...
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    Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida (born 5 February 1941) is an Angolan politician. He served as the President of the National Assembly of Angola...
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  • de Almeida (c. 1480 – March 1508) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander. He was born in Martim, Portugal, the son of Francisco de Almeida,...
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    trading posts scattered all over the Indian Ocean. The first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel after the Kingdom...
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    of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. The 7th Armada set out...
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    Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida CvIH (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. He started his film career playing a role in the 1982 action...
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    the first mission, he was to replace the first viceroy of India, Francisco de Almeida, whose term ended two years later. Before departing, he legitimized...
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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    January 1500. Catarina de Ataíde's mother, Maria da Silva, was the sister of Beatriz da Silva, mother of Francisco de Almeida. The Almeidas provided a substantial...
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    transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and Van Galen, renamed NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334) was transferred on 15 January 2010. With the sale of two M-class...
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  • Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida (nom de guerre, Langidila; honorary title, "Mother of the Revolution"; 10 February 1939 – 2 March 1967) was an...
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    the war, such as Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Dom Francisco de Almeida and Afonso de Albuquerque, while the actions of some commanders like the...
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    Portuguese Navy, where the ship was put into service as the NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334). HNLMS Van Galen is one of eight Karel Doorman-class frigates...
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    received news of these developments, he decided to nominate Dom Francisco de Almeida as the first viceroy of India with expressed orders not just limited...
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    Portuguese forces under the command of the first Viceroy of India Dom Francisco de Almeida and the Sultanate of Mombasa. The Portuguese staged a landing and...
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    Francisco Paulo de Almeida, first and only Baron of Guaraciaba (10 January 1826 - 9 February 1901), was a Brazilian landowner and banker. He distinguished...
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    military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate...
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    as the flagship of D. Francisco de Almeida in the 1509 battle of Diu. João da Nova died that same year in Cochin, and Almeida (ending his term as vice-roy)...
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    Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all...
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    Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco de Almeida Francisco Álvares Henry the Navigator Gaspar Corte-Real Gil Eanes Gonçalo Velho João Afonso de Aveiro João...
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  • from. Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese nobleman, statesman, soldier and explorer Germano Almeida, Cape Verde author and lawyer Lourenço de Almeida, Portuguese...
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    Lopo de Almeida (1416–1486) was the first Count of Abrantes bestowed with the title on June 13, 1476 by King D. Afonso V of Portugal. Fidalgo of the Portuguese...
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    voyage to India as captain of the Flor de la Mar in the 7th Portuguese India armada commanded by Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India...
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  • faced and defeated the fleet of Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Portuguese viceroy of India, D. Francisco de Almeida. Following this battle, he was fiercely...
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    Portuguese factory and fort in Sofala in 1505. It was in 1505 that Francisco de Almeida brought his fleet into the harbor of Kilwa, and landed some 500 Portuguese...
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  • Adão Francisco Correia de Almeida is an Angolan politician. He is the current Minister of Territory Administration and State Reform of Angola, as well...
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    prisoner. Enraged at the death of his son, the Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida sought revenge. Aware of the danger facing his city, Meliqueaz prepared...
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    trying to establish relations with Ceylon, Dom Lourenço de Almeida, son of Dom Francisco de Almeida, and others arrived by chance in 1505 AD. So, the first...
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    at Oja and Brava, and at the capture of Panane, under the viceroy Francisco de Almeida. Named by João III ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India...
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    Korean War, and was sold to Portugal in 1961 to serve as NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida until 1970. The ship was originally ordered from William Pickersgill...
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    Manuel of Portugal nominated Dom Francisco de Almeida as first Viceroy of India. Among other things, Dom Francisco was tasked with building a fort on...
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