João Manuel Bernardo, the current ambassador of Angola to China, visited the PRC in November 2007.

Depiction of the Crux ( labelled ' Las Guardas ') by physician-astronomer Mestre João Faras in his letter of May 1, 1500, to King Manuel I of Portugal from the newly discovered land of Brazil

Historians generally credit João Faras-astronomer and physician of King Manuel I of Portugal who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil in 1500-for being the first European to depict it correctly.

* July – José I takes over the throne of Portugal from his deceased father, João V. King José Manuel appoints the Marquis of Pombal as his Chief Minister, who then strips the Inquisition of its power.

It spread to neighboring Portugal where King João II and especially Manuel I in 1496, decided to exile thousands of Jews to São Tomé, Príncipe, and Cape Verde.

* In Portuguese: Sua Alteza Real o mui Augusto e Sereníssimo Príncipe Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança, por sucessão do seu Augusto Pai, Sua Alteza Real o Príncipe Dom Duarte Nuno e do seu primo, de Gloriosa Memória, El-Rei o Senhor Dom Manuel II, O Desventurado, e por virtude do presente interregno, Príncipe Real de Portugal, 25º duque de Bragança, 22º duque de Guimarães, 24º marquês de Vila Viçosa, 29º conde de Ourém, 26º conde de Arraiolos, 26º conde de Neiva, 26º conde de Faria e 22º conde de Guimarães.

* In English: His Royal Highness the very August and Most Serene Prince Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança, by succession of his August Father, His Royal Highness the Prince Dom Duarte Nuno and his cousin, of Glorious Memory, the King the Lord Dom Manuel II, the Unfortunate, and by virtue of the present interregnum, Prince Royal of Portugal, 25th Duke of Braganza, 22nd Duke of Guimarães, 24th Marquis of Vila Viçosa, 29th Count of Ourém, 26th Count of Arraiolos, 26th Count of Neiva, 26th Count of Faria and 22nd Count of Guimarães.

* Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, " Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma ", Torres Novas, 1998

* Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, " Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma ", Torres Novas, 1998

At that time, João Rodrigues Cametá initiated the conquest of the Purus River ; Manuel Urbano da Encarnação, an Indian with an extensive knowledge of the region, reached the Acre River, traveling up it as far as the vicinity of the Xapuri ; and João da Cunha Correia reached the drainage basin of the upper Tarauacá.

Afonso I wrote a series of letters to the kings of Portugal Manuel I and João III of Portugal concerning to the behavior of the Portuguese in his country and their role in the developing slave trade, complaining of Portuguese complicity in purchasing illegally enslaved people and the connections between Afonso's men, Portuguese mercenaries in Kongo's service and the capture and sale of slaves by Portuguese.

* Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, " Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma ", Torres Novas, 1998

The nine delegates which attended the founding Congress of the PC-SBIC were Abílio de Nequete, a Lebanese Brazilian barber ; Astrojildo Pereira, a journalist from Rio de Janeiro ; Cristiano Cordeiro, an accountant from Recife ; Hermogênio da Silva Fernandes, an electrician from Cruzeiro ; João da Costa Pimenta, a linotype operator ; Joaquim Barbosa, a tailor from Rio de Janeiro ; José Elias da Silva, a shoemaker from Rio de Janeiro ; Luís Peres, a broom seller from Rio de Janeiro ; and Manuel Cendón, a Spanish-born tailor.

João Manuel was born in 3 June 1537 in Évora and became the heir to the throne of Portugal in 1539.

João Manuel died of what the sources refer to as consumption ( tuberculosis ) on 2 January 1554, however it is worth mentioning that some historians believe his death occurred as a result of diabetes, a disease he inherited from his maternal grandfather Philip I. Eighteen days later, a posthumous son was born from his marriage: the future King Sebastian I of Portugal.

id: João Manuel, Pangeran Portugal

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Coimbra bishops, religious orders and King Manuel I supported artists like Diogo Pires ( father and son ), Marcos Pires, João de Castilho, Diogo de Castilho and the Frenchmen, João de Ruão and Nicholas of Chanterene, among others, who left important manueline and renaissance works in the town.

A short list of past and present Portuguese musicians with important contributions must necessarily include the names of composers Pedro de Escobar, Manuel Cardoso, Duarte Lobo, Filipe de Magalhães, Carlos Seixas, Diogo Dias Melgás, João Domingos Bomtempo, Marcos Portugal, José Vianna da Motta, Luís de Freitas Branco, Joly Braga Santos, Fernando Lopes-Graça, António Fragoso and Emmanuel Nunes ; organists such as António Carreira or Manuel Rodrigues Coelho ; singers such as Luísa Todi, Elisabete Matos or José Carlos Xavier ; pianists such as Maria João Pires or Sequeira Costa ; cellists such as Guilhermina Suggia ;

Later, in 1815, the Portuguese Prince Regent ( since 1816 king D. João VI ) proclaimed the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, as a union of three kingdoms, lifting Brazil from its colonial status.

* Portuguese sea captains João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, discover the Madeira islands.

In 1418 two of the captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, were driven by a storm to an island which they called Porto Santo (" Holy Port ") in gratitude for their rescue from the shipwreck.

John II or João II (; 3 March 1455 – 25 October 1495 ), the Perfect Prince (), was the king of Portugal and the Algarves in 1477 / 1481 – 1495.

It wasn't clear if the assassins were attempting to kill the King, the Prince Royal or the prime minister, João Franco, who had dissolved Parliament and was ruling as a dictator.

Dom Duarte Pio (, Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança ); born 15 May 1945 ), is the 24th Duke of Braganza, 6th Prince Royal of Portugal and the pretender to the throne of Portugal.

In January 1808, Prince Regent João and his court arrived in Salvador da Bahia.

In 1815, Prince Regent João government elevated Brazil to the status of a kingdom, and Maria I was proclaimed the Queen of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.

After her death, Prince Regent João was acclaimed the King of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves and had her body was returned to Lisbon, and interned in a mausoleum in the Estrela Basilica (), that she had helped found.

A colony of the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil became the seat of the Portuguese colonial Empire in 1808, when the Portuguese Prince regent, later King Dom João VI, fled from Napoleon I's invasion of Portugal and established himself and his government in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Prince Regent João ( future King João VI ), who governed since 1792 on behalf of his mother, Queen Maria I, ordered the transfer of the Portuguese royal court to Brazil before he was deposed by the invading army.

In January 1808, Prince João and his court arrived in Salvador, where he signed a commercial regulation that opened commerce between Brazil and friendly nations ( England ).

In 1815, during the Congress of Vienna, Prince João created the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ( Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves ), elevating Brazil to the rank of Portugal and increasing the administrative independence of Brazil.

In 1816, with the death of Queen Maria, Prince João was acclaimed King of Portugal in Rio de Janeiro.

Among the important measures taken by Prince João in his years in Brazil were incentives to commerce and industry, the permission to print newspapers and books, the creation of two medicine schools, military academies, and the first Bank of Brazil ( Banco do Brasil ).

The heir of João VI, Prince Pedro, remained in Brazil.

In the second tradition, when born in 1821, the then Prince of Brazil's eldest son João Carlos was granted Beira in 1821 after birth, he being the third in heir-apparent line, but he died next year, some months before Brazil's secession.

The name ' Sebastianism ' derives from King Sebastian of Portugal ( January 20, 1554-August 4, 1578 ), grandson of John III, who became heir to the throne due to the death of his father, João, Crown Prince of Portugal in 1554 two weeks before his birth, and who succeeded to the throne three years later.

* João Carlos, Prince of Beira ( 1821 – 1822 ).

Mariana Victoria would marry the Infante José, " Prince of Brazil ", son and heir of João V of Portugal.

Things in the colony began to change when the prince and future king Dom João VI, along with the whole Portuguese court, escaped to Brazil in 1808 due to Portugal being invaded by Napoleonic troops.

According to one authority ( a legend on the 1489 map of Henricus Martellus Germanus ), Cão died off Cape Cross ; but João de Barros and others wrote of his return to the Congo, and subsequent taking of a native envoy to Portugal.

* 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg ( also called the Philippine Dynasty ).

* September 1 – João Pinheiro Chagas, Prime Minister of Portugal ( d. 1925 )

** First Consul / Emperor Napoleon I ( First French Republic / First French Empire ) ** King D. João VI ( United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve ) ( 1792 – 1826 )

** End of the Iberian Union: João IV of Portugal is acclaimed as king, thus ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain, and the rule of the House of Habsburg ( also called the Philippine Dynasty ).

The first ever true carnival expression of this Brazilian festivity, officially recognized by Carnaval historians in Brazil, took place in Rio de Janeiro, with the " préstitos ", very similar to a musical processions, in 1641, when D. João IV was crowned in Portugal as a King and parties were celebrated in Rio public streets.

* November 17 – Leonor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal ( b. 1458 )

* October 25 – João II of Portugal, King of Portugal ( b. 1455 )

* October 18 – Infante João of Portugal ( b. 1400 )

An alliance between Portugal and England was concluded ; and although Ferdinand made peace with Castile in 1374, he renewed his claim in 1380, after the death of Henry of Castile, and sent João Fernandes Andeiro, count of Ourém, to secure English aid.

In letters written by the Manikongo, Nzinga Mbemba Afonso, to the King João III of Portugal, he writes that Portuguese merchandise flowing in is what is fueling the trade in Africans.

In 1485, Christopher Columbus unsuccessfully tried to persuade King John II of Portugal ( João II ) to sponsor an expedition to Asia, meant to be reached by sailing westwards, across the Atlantic Ocean.

John III ( João III ; 7 June 1502 – 11 June 1557 ) was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 13 December 1521 to 11 June 1557, the second monarch of the new House of Aviz-Beja.

John's chronicler António de Castilho said that " Dom João III faced problems easily, complementing his lack of culture with a practice formation that he always showed during his reign " ( Elogio d ' el rei D. João de Portugal, terceiro, do nome ).