Lisbon Blood Night
The Lisbon Night of Blood (in Portuguese : a noite sangrenta - the bloody night) went down in Portuguese history on the night of October 19, 1921 , when the government of António Joaquim Granjo was overthrown in a bloody uprising .
On the night of October 19, 1921, troops of the Republican National Guard and naval units gathered in Lisbon to overthrow the government. The occasion were plans by Prime Minister Granjo, one of his predecessors, Captain Liberato Pinto , who enjoyed the support of the National Guard, to prosecute for corruption . The uprising sparked a wave of anarchy and violence in the capital, with armed gangs breaking into the homes of many leading politicians. Prime Minister Granjo was assassinated. The background to the murder of the Prime Minister has not yet been clarified. The Lisbon Blood Night is considered a low point in the political development of the First Republic in Portugal.
In addition to Prime Minister Granjo came António Maria de Azevedo Machado Santos, a military man who had played a prominent role in the revolution of October 5, 1910 , which led to the abolition of the monarchy in Portugal, and was therefore venerated as the "founder of the republic" , died at the Lisbon Blood Night.