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13-484: Prime Minister António Granjo [REDACTED] António Machado Santos [REDACTED] Carlos da Maia [REDACTED] Freitas da Silva [REDACTED] Colonel Botelho de Vasconcelos [REDACTED] Francisco Cunha Leal Bloody Night (Portuguese: Noite Sangrenta ) is the name by which the radical revolt that took place in Lisbon , on the night of 19 October 1921, became known. During
26-524: A committed republican from his youth, well before the 1910 overthrow of the monarchy, he became a member of the National Constituent Assembly , elected on 28 May 1911. He gave up his constituency in order to join the army; during Portuguese participation in World War I , he saw combat himself, and upon returning home he wrote a book about his battle experiences. After President Sidónio Pais
39-623: A plurality, the first time the Democratic Party did not win elections since the 5 October 1910 revolution . Immediately thereafter, Republican radicals, which included the National Republican Guard , started to plot against the new government. Between 5 and 6 a.m. 19 October 1921, civilians, members of the National Republican Guard and the Navy gathered in Terreiro do Paço , and went up
52-626: The Avenida da Liberdade , establishing positions and artillery in the Eduardo VII Park . Colonel Manuel Maria Coelho led the rebel forces during the coup. As the sun rose, the artillery signaled the beginning of the hostilities and NRP Vasco da Gama replied back, signalling the support of the navy ships in Tagus . Unable to resist, the government of António Granjo handed its resignation to President António José de Almeida . Yet, as night fell, Portugal
65-513: The day, a coup led António Granjo 's government to resign, but President António José de Almeida resisted appointing the rebels' government. During the night, a riot led by a "ghost truck" led by Abel Olímpio resulted in five people associated with the Sidonist regime being killed and one being gravely injured. António Granjo became prime minister after the 1921 Portuguese legislative election on 10 July gave his party ( Republican Liberal Party )
78-518: The first time, from 19 July to 20 November 1920, in a liberal government. Afterwards he was nominated Prime Minister again, to take the place of another liberal, Tomé de Barros Queirós , on 30 August 1921. During the infamous " Bloody Night " in Lisbon , on 19 October 1921, Granjo was assassinated. The political affiliation of his murderers' instigators is still a matter of dispute. That same night, two other prominent republicans of moderately right-wing sympathies, António Machado Santos (widely known as
91-564: The founder of the republic) and José Carlos da Maia , also died. Francisco Cunha Leal Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal (22 August 1888 – 26 April 1970) was a Portuguese politician during the period of the Portuguese First Republic . He served as 84th Prime Minister of Portugal between 1921 and 1922. He was the leader and founder of the União Liberal Republicana (ULR) party. This article about
104-523: The rebels found Granjo, they forced Cunha Leal to hand him over. The rebels were purportedly taking Granjo to the NRP Vasco da Gama , but rebels tried to kill him as he reached Terreiro do Paço . He was then shot in the neck as he neared the boarding bridge near the Navy Arsenal. Some military rebels tried to pull him inside the Navy Arsenal, but the mob succeeded in killing him with guns and swords. Cunha Leal
117-407: The same day, Carlos Maia Pinto became Prime Minister, but also resigned on 16 December. Francisco Cunha Leal then served as Prime Minister until the elections. The 1922 Portuguese legislative elections took place amidst instability and violence and were postponed four times before finally taking place on 29 January. The events of the bloody night are the main plot of a two-episode TV series that
130-454: Was broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal called Noite Sangrenta . Ant%C3%B3nio Granjo António Joaquim Granjo OA ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ˈɡɾɐ̃ʒu] ; 27 December 1881 – 19 October 1921) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served twice as prime minister during 1920 and 1921, until his assassination. Granjo was born in Chaves . Already
143-851: Was shot dead, Granjo took action against the Monarchy of the North , an attempt to restore a royalist regime in the north of Portugal, in 1919. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves , from February to July 1919. That same year he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies , by the Evolutionist Party , later being a founder of its successor movement, the Republican Liberal Party . Minister of Justice during Domingos Pereira 's coalition government, he served two brief terms as Prime Minister ,
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#1732852404193156-651: Was still without a government as President José de Almeida resisted appointing the government the rebels wanted. As night fell, a "ghost truck", led by Abel Olímpio, roamed Lisbon with the aim of murdering a list of notable people. The first to be killed was António Granjo , who fled from his home in Rua João Crisóstomo and hid in Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal 's (who had ties with the revolutionary movement) nearby house, in Avenida Miguel Bombarda . When
169-615: Was wounded while trying to defend Granjo. Then, José Carlos da Maia was also killed near the Navy Arsenal. António Machado Santos was killed in the early hours of 20 October 1921 in Largo do Intendente . Freitas da Silva was shot and died in hospital. Colonel Botelho de Vasconcelos and a driver called Carlos Gentil were also killed. The riot appeared to have targeted Sidonist politicians, except for Granjo. The same night, President António José de Almeida invested Manuel Maria Coelho as Prime Minister, but his government resigned on 3 November. On
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