José Maria Marques

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José Maria Marques was Governor of Portuguese Timor from June 3, 1834 to January 22, 1839 .

The predecessor of Marques Miguel da Silveira Lorena died in the year of his arrival in 1832. The administration of the colony was then taken over by a councilor ( Conselho Governativo ), but there was a dispute. Brother Vicente Ferreira Varela therefore had the other two members of the council arrested and ruled the colony alone until Marques arrived in Portuguese Timor in 1834. Marques expelled all missionaries from the colony that same year. They shouldn't return until 20 years later. The reason was a decree by King Pedro IV that the power of the church should be restricted after the Liberal Revolution in Portugal . The governor's power should also be limited by separating military and administrative powers. But the following year this change was reversed.

At the same time, Marques began expanding Dilis into a city. Apart from the fortress, the governor's house and St. António's church, the main town of the colony until then consisted only of huts with roofs made of palm fronds. Today's Rua 30 de Agosto in the center of Dilis was previously named after José Maria Marques.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical study of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912. Aberag, Hamburg 1996. ISBN 3-934376-08-8 , 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.
  2. ↑ Worldstatesmen
  3. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
  4. ↑ a b 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
  5. ↑ Schlicher 1996, pp. 137/138
predecessor Office successor
Miguel da Silveira Lorena Governor of Portuguese Timor
1834–1839 		Frederico Leão Cabreira
personal data
SURNAME Marques, José Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century