Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão

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Dionísio Gonçalves (Calvas?) Rebelo Galvão († November 28, 1765 in Portuguese Timor ) was a Portuguese colonial administrator. From 1763 he was the Portuguese governor of Timor and Solor .

Service on Timor

Report of the death of Governor Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão

The time was marked by the Cailaco rebellion of the Timorese against the Portuguese and by the struggle for power between Portugal and the Topasse , a mestizo population who ruled here as local rulers for a hundred years under nominal Portuguese sovereignty. In 1760 Francisco da Hornay III. , the leader of the Topasse, prevented the Dutch from taking possession of the Portuguese colonial capital, Lifau .

Galvão's predecessor Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito was arrested in 1760 after a dispute by the Dominican Jacinto da Conceição and deported to Goa . Jacinto da Conceição now headed the government council ( Conselho Governativo ), which took over the administration of the colony. But Jacinto da Conceição was murdered and from 1762 the priests Francisco de Purificação and Francisco da Hornay III led the council . In 1763, Galvão arrived in Timor and took over government.

The relationship with Francisco da Hornay III. seems to have deteriorated, however, because Galvão temporarily relieved the Topasse from his office as captain general ( Capitão-Mor ). The governor died on November 28, 1765. It was from Francisco da Hornay III. been poisoned. Also involved in the murder were António da Costa , Quintino da Conceição and Lourenço de Mello . Again the Dominicans took over the administration of the colony in a government council, this time under António de São Boaventura with José Rodrigues Pereira . Since Francisco da Hornay III. was excluded from power, he besieged Lifau from 1766. In 1768 the new governor António José Teles de Meneses arrived. He should be the last governor to reside in Lifau.

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  1. ↑ James J. Fox, “The Paradox of Powerlessness: Timor in Historical Perspective,” December 9, 1996, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University ( Memento July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 70 kB)
  2. ↑ History of Timor, p. 45
  3. ↑ Hans Hägerdal: governor of Portuguese Timor to 1832 ; Sources: Artur Teodoro de Matos: Timor Portugues, 1515–1769 (Lisboa 1974), Affonso de Castro: As possessões portuguezas na Oceania (1867) and Luna de Oliveira: Timor na historia de Portugal (1940s)
predecessor Office successor
Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito Governor of Portuguese Timor
1763–1765 		Antonio José Teles de Meneses
personal data
SURNAME Galvão, Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dionisio Galvao Rebello, Dionizio Goncalves Calvas Rebello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1765
Place of death Portuguese Timor