Julião José da Silva Vieira

Julião José da Silva Vieira (* 1793 in Lisbon ; † September 9, 1855 ibid) was a Portuguese officer and colonial administrator.

Vieira was governor of Damão from April 6, 1824/1827 to 1834 .

From February 7, 1844 (possibly from 1842) to August 22, 1848, Vieira was governor of Portuguese Timor with the rank of colonel .

On September 20, 1844, Macau, along with Portuguese Timor and Solor, was separated from Goa as a separate general government. In the same year, the Portuguese ports of Timor were declared free ports, which means that ships from other nations were now allowed to dock in the ports to trade. Dili benefited from the import and export duties. In 1845 he attacked the Cairui Empire . In 1846 the Netherlands began talks with Portugal about taking over Portuguese territories, but Portugal initially turned down any offer. In 1847 there was a dispute over the belonging of the islands Pantar and Alor . The Liurai of Oecussi claimed it as part of his dominion, which thus fell under Portuguese suzerainty. The Dutch from Kupang , for their part, claimed the two islands. Governor Silva Vieira rejected this and supported the Liurai in his claim. Both sides reinforced their troops on Timor , but it was clear that Portugal was losing out here, both financially and in terms of strength. In 1847 Buginese pirates or slave hunters probably attacked Sama in what is now Lautém , which was not unusual at that time. Governor Silva Vieira sent a military expedition, but it was defeated by the pirates. Three soldiers were killed in the process. For another four and a half months the 70 Buginese managed to defend themselves against a siege by 3,000 warriors who had drawn the local rulers together.

See also

• History of East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fernando Augusto de Figueiredo: Timor. A presença portuguesa (1769-1945) (PDF; 69.4 MB)
2. ↑ Monika Schlicher, 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.
3. ↑ World Statesmen: East Timor , accessed January 2, 2014.
4. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
5. ↑ 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 (English, PDF file; 805 kB) 

predecessor	Office	successor
Frederico Leão Cabreira	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1844–1848	António Olavo Monteiro Tôrres