António Olavo Monteiro Tôrres

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António Olavo Monteiro Tôrres († March 24, 1851 in Portuguese Timor ) was governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor from August 22, 1848 . He held the rank of lieutenant captain.

With only 120 soldiers (mostly Timorese), Tôrres was faced with an uprising by an apostate Moradores . 6,000 warriors devastated Ermera and killed the local Liurai and 60 of his followers. Governor Tôrres was forced to seek help from the Liurai of Oecussi , who then attacked the rebel empire of Balibo . On this occasion, the Timorese from Oecussi raised the Portuguese flag in Janilo ( Jenilu ) , which in turn attracted the Dutch , who feared that the port of Atapupu would lose its connection with the interior. Negotiations to settle the border disputes led by José Joaquim Lopes de Lima on the Portuguese side were unsuccessful.

On March 7, 1851, Tôrres asked in a letter, again and again, for the early posting of a successor. He did not want to do the remaining five months in the service because he felt his health was serious due to the lack of a doctor in the colonial capital Dili . Tôrres died on March 24th. He has not received a single written instruction from Macau in his entire tenure.

The administration of the colony took over a government council ( Conselho Governativo ), José Joaquim Lopes de Lima arrived as the new governor. He had already been appointed on October 30, 1850, but did not reach Dili until June 23, 1851. With his appointment, Portuguese Timor received the status of an autonomous province that was directly subordinate to Lisbon . The reason for this was that Lopes de Lima had previously been the provisional governor general of Goa . An appointment as simple district governor ( Governador Subalterno ) would have been equivalent to demotion.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical examination of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912 , Appendix II; Source: Gonçalo Pimenta de Castro: Timor, pp. 44–162 and Marques, AH de Oliveira : História de Portugal, Volume III, Lisbon, Palas Editores, 1984, pp. 627/628, Aberag, Hamburg 1996. ISBN 3-934376 -08-8 .
  2. ^ Geoffrey C. Gunn: Historical Dictionary of East Timor, 2010
  3. ↑ a b c Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 55, Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
  4. ↑ Schlicher 1996, pp. 137/138
predecessor Office successor
Julião José da Silva Vieira Governor of Portuguese Timor
1844–1848 		José Joaquim Lopes de Lima
personal data
SURNAME Tôrres, António Olavo Monteiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1851
Place of death Portuguese Timor