Almeida then sailed on to Cochin, made peace with the ruler and built a stone fort there.

To assert the cause of the rightful Queen, his daughter Maria da Glória, Pedro sailed from Terceira in the Azores with an expeditionary force consisting of 60 vessels, 7500 men including the Count of Vila Flor, Alexandre Herculano, Almeida Garrett, Joaquim António de Aguiar, José Travassos Valdez and a volunteer British contingent under the command of Colonels George Lloyd Hodges and Charles Shaw and effected a landing at Mindelo on the shores north of Porto.

* 1508 — Francisco de Almeida sailed into the deep natural harbour.

Along with other merchant houses of Germany and Italy he contributed to a fleet of 22 Portuguese ships lead by Francisco de Almeida that sailed to India in the year 1505 and returned in 1506.

In 1508 Francis Almeida sailed into Bombay.

* Nylon string guitars are associated with Latin jazz, for instance in the work of Charlie Byrd and Laurindo Almeida.

Many compositions were created and sung in improvisation, where the samba Pelo Telefone ( from Donga and Mauro de Almeida ), samba for which there were also many other versions, but to come to the history of samba, Pelo Telefon was the first person to record Samba in 1917

In the summer of 1985 he appeared with his Quinteto Tango Nuevo at the Almeida Theatre in London for a week-long engagement.

Almeida, the larger-than-life Albuquerque and the efficient Albergaria were the king's new point men for India.

Burgoyne won particular distinction by leading his cavalry in the capture of Valencia de Alcántara and of Vila Velha de Ródão following the Battle of Valencia de Alcántara, compensating for the Portuguese loss of Almeida.

" In 2005, a production by Richard Eyre, starring Eve Best, at the Almeida Theatre in London has been well-received, and later transferred for an 11½ week run at the Duke of York's on St Martin's Lane.

The players ( Alberto Borghert, Othon de Figueiredo Baena, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Emmanuel Augusto Nery, Ernesto Amarante, Armando de Almeida, Orlando Sampaio Matos, Gustavo Adolpho de Carvalho, Lawrence Andrews and Arnaldo Machado Guimarães ) decided to join Flamengo because Borgeth, who was the team's captain, was also a rower for Flamengo.

In the 1990s, she had triumphs with roles at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, including Medea in 1992 ( which transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre in 1993 and then Broadway in 1994, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Actress ), Mother Courage at the National Theatre in 1995 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Carlos Bernard ( born October 12, 1962 ) is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.

He is best known for his role as Tony Almeida on 24 which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009.

Bernard is best known for his role in seasons 1 to 7 of the Fox show 24, where he portrayed Tony Almeida, a CTU ( Counter Terrorist Unit ) agent.

Victor Willing: Inevitable Prohibitions ; Ruth Rosengarten, La Règle du Jeu and John McEwen In Conversation with Paula Rego, Bernardo Pinto de Almeida Paula no Pais das Maravilhas, Paula Rego, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon and Serpentine Gallery, LondonLewis Biggs: A context for the exhibitions, Cries and Whispers, British Council

After lying derelict for many years, it was a temporary venue for the Almeida Theatre, and has since been redeveloped as apartments.

** Sherwood Hall III ( engineer ), Laurindo Almeida & Salli Terri for Duets with Spanish Guitar

Powder Her Face, a chamber opera about the Duchess's last days, was composed by Thomas Adès, with a libretto by Philip Hensher, for the Almeida Opera in 1995.

** Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida

** Laurindo Almeida for Conversations With the Guitar

** Hugh Davies ( engineer ) & Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida

The following era, from about 1930 to 1960, has been called the " Golden Age of Hawaiian music ", when popular styles were adapted for orchestras and big bands, and Hawaiian performers like Lani McIntire, John Kameaaloha Almeida and Sol Hoopii became mainstream stars.

** Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar

** Laurindo Almeida ( composer and artist ) for Discantus

* 1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician, 6th President of Portugal ( d. 1929 )

* Manuel de Almeida of Portugal ( 1580 – 1646 ), Jesuit Missionary and ambassador to the Emperor of Ethiopia

In spring 1762 Spanish troops invaded Portugal from the north as far as the Douro, while a second column captured Almeida and threatened to advance on Lisbon.

At the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Spain agreed to hand back Almeida to Portugal.

When the Portuguese king Manuel I of Portugal decided to appoint the first governor and viceroy of Portuguese India in 1505, Vasco da Gama was conspicuously overlooked, and the post given to D. Francisco de Almeida.

Artur was the great-grandson of Antónia de Almeida de Aguiar, a descendant of fidalgo families established in São Paulo during the Portuguese colonial period, among them the Alvarenga family from Lamego, Portugal.

In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro ( 3 – 6 May 1811 ), the British-Portuguese Army under Viscount Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.

Having secured Portugal, Wellington set about re-taking the fortified frontier cities of Almeida, Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo.

Wellington had repelled the Army of Portugal, inflicting a great number of casualties, and was able to continue his blockade of Almeida.

France had captured Minorca and British trading posts in Sumatra, while Spain had captured the border fortress of Almeida in Portugal, and Colonia del Sacramento in South America.

In 1810 Ney joined Marshal Masséna in the invasion of Portugal, where he took Ciudad Rodrigo from the Spanish and Almeida from the British and Portuguese, brusquely defeated the British on the River Côa, and fought at Buçaco.

The general secretary of the PS, Mário Soares, returned to Portugal after being in exile in France, and became foreign minister, and António de Almeida Santos was appointed Minister of interjurisdictional coordination in one of the first provisional governments.

Francisco de Almeida left Portugal with a fleet of 22 vessels with 1, 500 men.

In 1505, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent his first viceroy, Dom Francisco de Almeida with twenty one vessels to strengthen the fledgling Portuguese empire in East Africa and India.

Francisco de Almeida had rushed to chase the Egyptian fleet because Afonso de Albuquerque arrived on December 6, 1508 with orders from the King of Portugal to replace him as the next viceroy.

" Interestingly, after handing over the Viceroy's post to his successor, Dom Afonso de Albuquerque, de Almeida left for Portugal in November, 1509, and in December, 1509 was himself killed by the Khoikhoi tribe, near the Cape of Good Hope, Africa.

The real story of one of the most unfortunate and latest ransomed captives, Dom João de Portugal of the Counts de Vimioso, inspired the play Frei Luís de Sousa by Almeida Garrett.

On 22 December 2010, aged 31, Sabrosa signed with Süper Lig team Beşiktaş JK for € 900, 000, reuniting with Portugal teammates Hugo Almeida and Ricardo Quaresma.

In 1505 the King of Portugal appointed Dom Francisco de Almeida as the first Portuguese viceroy in India, followed in 1509 by Dom Afonso de Albuquerque.

This finally freed Portugal from French occupation except for Almeida, near the frontier.

Returned to Portugal in January 1918 and was put under house arrest during the dictatorship of Sidónio Pais ; returned to diplomacy after the fall of Sidonist regime ; became minister to Spain ( 1919 ) and then again to the United Kingdom ( 1919 – 1923 ); a member of the Portuguese Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ( 1919 – 1920 ); unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic Party ( Partido Democrático ) at the presidential elections of 6 Aug 1919 won by António José de Almeida ; delegate to the League of Nations, serving as Vice-President of the General Assembly ( 6 Sep 1922-30 Sep 1922 ); was elected in-absentia President of the Republic ( 6 Aug 1923 ), arriving at the port of Lisbon on 3 Oct 1923.

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Before Almeida could return to Portugal, he lost his life in 1510.

In 1505 King Manuel I of Portugal appointed Almeida, then in his mid 50s, as the first viceroy of Portuguese India ( Estado da Índia ).

Francisco de Almeida left Portugal with a fleet of 22 vessels with 1, 500 men.