João Teixeira Pinto

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João Teixeira Pinto (1908)

João Teixeira da Rocha Pinto (born March 22, 1876 in Moçâmedes , Portuguese West Africa ; † November 25, 1917 in Negomane , Portuguese East Africa ) was a Portuguese officer who served in the Portuguese colonies in Africa . He was nicknamed the Devil's Captain ( Portuguese Capitão Diabo ).

family

Father was João Teixeira Pinto , who was called o Kurika ( Kwanyama : the lion ). Pinto Sr. acquired this nickname for his courage when he took possession of the colony of Portuguese West Africa (now Angola ). The son was married to Maria Amélia da Rosa Pacheco Teixeira Pinto .

Life

Pinto served as an officer in various Portuguese colonies in Africa. First from 1902 to 1911 in Portuguese West Africa (now Angola ). In Portuguese Guinea (today Guinea-Bissau ) he was instrumental in pacifying the Oio region between 1912 and 1916 .

During the First World War, Pinto was stationed in Portuguese East Africa , where he was supposed to defend the Fort of Negomane from the German protection force from German East Africa (now Tanzania ). On November 25, 1917, Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers attacked. Pinto was killed in the Battle of Ngomano , as were the other commanding officers of the fort. The Portuguese suffered a heavy defeat.

Awards and honors

Coat of arms of Vila Teixeira Pinto

Pinto was a knight of the Order of the Tower and the Sword . The place Vila Teixeira Pinto (today Canchungo ) was named after him in Portuguese Guinea . The Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) issued banknotes for Portuguese Guinea between 1937 and 1964, on which João Teixeira Pinto is depicted.

literature

  • João Teixeira Pinto - A ocupação da Guiné . Divisão de Publicações e Biblioteca, Agência Geral das Colónias, 1936 ( Biblioteca Colonial Portuguesa )

Web links

Commons : João Teixeira Pinto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira, Vol. 31., Pp. 69 and 719
  2. ↑ a b Luís Graça & Camaradas da Guiné: Guiné 63/74 - P1615: Historiografia da presença portuguesa (5): O Capitão Diabo, herói do Oio, João Teixeira Pinto (1876-1917) (A. Teixeira-Pinto) , 20 March 2007, accessed December 11, 2013
  3. ↑ Map with Teixeira Pinto in Portuguese Guinea from 1961
  4. ↑ Picture of a 50 Escudos note
personal data
SURNAME Pinto, João Teixeira
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinto, João Teixeira da Rocha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese colonial officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Moçâmedes , Portuguese West Africa
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1917
Place of death Negomane , Portuguese East Africa