- List of colonial heads of São João Baptista de Ajudá
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List of Colonial Heads of Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
Territory located in present-day coastal Benin
Tenure Incumbent Notes 1680 to ???? Jacinto de Figueiredo e Abreu, Governor Portuguese governor of São Tomé and Príncipe authorized to erect a fort in the city of Hweda 17?? to ???? Abandoned 1721 to 1730 Re-foundation of the fort as São João Baptista de Ajudá, under Brazil 1721 to 1730 Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor 1730 Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde 1730 to 1732 Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor 17?? to 1736 Manuel Correia da Cunha, Governor 17?? to 1743 João Basílio, Governor 17?? to 1746 Martinho de Cunha Barbosa, interim Governor 1746 to 1746 Francisco Nunes Pereira, Governor Usurper 1746 to 1746 Francisco do Espírito Santo, interim Governor 1746 to 17?? Filipe José de Gouveia, Governor 17?? to 1752 ..., Governor 1752 to 1759 Teodósio Rodrigues da Costa, Governor 1759 to 1760 António Nunes de Gouveia, interim Governor 1760 to 17?? Félix José de Gouveia, Governor 17?? to 1790 ..., Governor 1790 to 1797 Francisco António da Fonseca e Aragão April 1797 to ???? Manuel Bastos Varela Pinto Pacheco ???? to 1817 ..., Governor 1817 to 18?? Francisco Felix de Sousa, Governor 1st Term 1844 to 1845 Joaquim José Libânio, Governor 1839 to 1845 ..., Governor 1845 to 1847/1848 Francisco Felix de Sousa, Governor 2nd Term 1849 to 18?? Quaresma, Governor 1851 to 1851 Alferes Elerpech, Governor 1851 to 8 May 1858 Isidoro Félix de Sousa, subordinate Governor 1852 to 1853 João Justino da Costa, Governor 1853 to 1858 José Pinheiro de Sousa, Governor 1858 to 1858 Francisco Felix de Sousa, Governor 1858 to 1861 Abandoned 1861 to 1865 Ceded to French missionaries by the rulers of Dahomey 23 February 1865 Reclaimed by Portugal, under the governors of São Tomé and Príncipe 1865 to 1868 José Maria Borges de Sequeira, Governor 1868 to 1869 Vital de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos Côrte-Real do Canto, Governor 1869 to ?1872 Abandoned ?1872 to 187? António Joaquim, Governor 187? to 1878 Augusto Frutuoso de Figueiredo de Barros, Governor 1878 to 1879 Lourenço da Rocha, Governor 1879 to 1881 Lieutenant António José Machado, Governor 1881 to 1883 ..., Governor 1883 to 1885 Lieutenant Fernando Gonçalves, Governor 1885 to 1885 Bernardo Francisco Luís da Cruz, Governor 1885 to 1885 Lieutenant José Gomes de Sousa, Governor 1885 to 1886 Lieutenant Francisco Rego, Governor 1886 to 1887 Major António Domingues Cortez da Silva Curado, Governor 1887 to 1888 Manuel Francisco Rodrigues Guimarães, Governor 1888 to 1888 Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim, Governor 1st Term 1888 to 1890 Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor 1st Term 1890 to 1890 Carolino Acácio Cordeiro, Governor 1890 to 1893 Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim 2nd Term 1893 to 189? Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor 2nd Term 1897 to 1898 Lieutenant ... Campos, Governor 1898 to ???? Lieutenant ... Nunes de Aguiar, Governor 1900 to 19?? Lieutenant António Mendes da Costa, Governor 19?? to 1905 Lieutenant João de Deus Pires, Governor 1905 to 1906 Joaquim Luís de Carvalho, Governor 1906 to 1909 ..., Governor 1909 to 1911 Sebastião Lousada, Governor 1911 to 1911 Cândido João de Barros, Governor 1911 to 1912 Guilherme Spínola de Melo, Governor 1912 to 19?? ..., Governor 19?? to 1928 Lieutenant Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez, Governor 1928 to 1931 Captain Joaquim Sinel de Cordes, Governor 1932 to 1938 Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor 1st Term 1938 to 1941 Captain José Pimenta Segurado de Avelar Machado, Governor 1941 to 1942 Jean-Louis Bourjac, Governor Self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal 1942 to 1944 José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, interim Governor 1st Term 1944 to 1946 Captain Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares, Governor 1946 to 1946 José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, Governor 2nd Term 1946 to 1951 Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor 2nd Term 1951 to 1954 António João Teles Pereira de Vasconcelos, Administrator 1954 to 1956 Ernesto António Pereira Enes, Administrator 1956 to 1 August 1961 António Agostinho Saraiva Borges, Intendant 1 August 1961 Annexed by Dahomey 1975 Annexation gains Portuguese recognition Sources
- http://www.vdiest.nl/Africa/benin.htm
- http://web.archive.org/web/20050131222928/http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Sao_Joao_Baptista.html
See also
- Benin
- Heads of state of Benin
- Heads of government of Benin
- Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)
- Ouidah
- Lists of office-holders
Categories:- History of Benin
- Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
- Portuguese colonisation in Africa
- Portuguese forts
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