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    D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (Marquês...
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    historians interpret the incident as an attempt by prime minister Sebastião de Melo (later Marquis of Pombal) to curb the growing powers of the old aristocratic...
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    of its population. Brazil was elevated to a vice-kingdom. In 1738, Sebastião de Melo, the talented son of a Lisbon squire, began a diplomatic career as...
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    Sebastião Mota de Melo (Eirunepé, October 7, 1920 — Rio de Janeiro, January 20, 1990), also recognized as Padrinho Sebastião, was a significant religious...
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    John Mohorovičić, Andrija Oldham, Richard Dixon Omori, Fusakichi Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal Press, Frank Richards, Paul G. Richter, Charles...
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    Marquês de Pombal). Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (1699–1782), 1st Count of Oeiras and 1st Marquis of Pombal; Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo (1748–1812)...
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    the site of the old tented camp. Like the king, the prime minister Sebastião de Melo (1st Marquis of Pombal) survived the earthquake. When asked what was...
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    Protégés. In 1766 he made the portrait of the Portuguese statesman Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal. Among his brothers were the painters François...
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    The early 18th century, known as the Pombaline Era after Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, was a period of dictatorship and wide-ranging...
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    Salgado, Sebastião (2000). Migrations : humanity in transition. New York: Aperture. ISBN 978-0-89381-891-3. OCLC 914864396. Salgado, Sebastião; Wanick...
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    include: Sebastião Alba, Portuguese poet Sebastião Tapajós, Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles...
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  • Sebastião de Melo Maria João Bastos as Ângela de Lima Ricardo Pereira as Alberto de Magalhães & Knife-Eater (Come-Facas) Clotilde Hesme as Elisa de Montfort...
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  • List of Freemasons (A–D) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    de Keyser, founding member and first Junior Warden, MacDonald Lodge, No. 1216 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of "La Marseillaise" Sebastião de...
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  • Melo is a Portuguese surname. Variants include Mello, de Melo or de Mello, D'Melo or D'Mello, De Melo and De Mello. People with the surname include: Alejandro...
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    the second half of the 18th century under the influence of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Marquis of Pombal (1699-1782), who claimed to be clearly...
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    Brazilian footballer Ronald de Carvalho, Brazilian poet and diplomat Scheila Carvalho, Brazilian dancer and model Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese...
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    Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes junior, GCL (Lisbon, 2 October 1933 – 10 August 1999) was a Portuguese military officer who had a major role in the Carnation...
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    January 1789) was the second wife of Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. Born in Vienna, Austria, she was the...
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    Portuguese Empire. The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the Secretary of the State for Joseph...
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    communities growth; Church of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Calheta de Nesquim/Igreja de São Sebastião), the parochial church located in...
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    Carris also serve the square. Its name is a reference to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras, the powerful...
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    Portuguese Empire. The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the Secretary of the State for Joseph...
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    buildings in Lisbon. Joseph I of Portugal and his Prime Minister Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal hired architects and engineers to rebuild the damaged...
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  • of the Mapiá [river]") is a Brazilian village founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo. It is located in the headwaters of Igarapé (river) Mapiá, 19 miles...
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  • April 9 – Pedro Correia Garção is arrested and committed to prison by Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal. unknown dates Henry Mackenzie's The Man of Feeling...
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  • Alfredo Gregório de Melo, one of the sons of Padrinho Sebastião and Madrinha Rita, today heads the CEFLURIS line which Padrinho Sebastião founded, based...
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  • Sebastião José Lopes de Melo e Nogueira (born 9 September 1988) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oriental. He made his professional...
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    São Sebastião (Portuguese for Saint Sebastian) is a parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,953, in an...
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  • Carlos Rios – 1929 – 1930 Federação Pernambucana de Desportos Maviael do Prado – 1930 – 1935 Sebastião Maciel – 1936 – 1937 Edgar Moury Fernandes – 1938...
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    Luisa de Mendonça e Melo. He was one of twelve children. Those siblings most prominent in Portugal's history were: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo who...
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