A viscount or viscountess is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscountcy.
Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay,Viscount of Taunay,was a Brazilian writer,musician,professor,military engineer,historian,politician,sociologist and nobleman. He is famous for the regionalist novel Inocência,considered a major forerunner of naturalism in Brazil,and for A Retirada da Laguna,an account of an episode in the Paraguayan War. The Brazilianist Leslie Bethell has described it as "the one undoubted literary masterpiece produced by the Paraguayan War".
Santa Comba Dão is a city and a municipality in the Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,597,in an area of 111.95 km2. The city proper has a population of 3,300.
Jaguarão is a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul located on the shores of the Jaguarão River,bordering Uruguay.
Mesquita is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is 42 km2 (16 sq mi).
Valença is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was estimated at 76,869 in 2020 and its area is 1,305 square kilometres (504 sq mi). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença.
Liberato Damião Ribeiro PintoComTE,ComC,ComA,ComSE,was a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard,politician and President of the Ministry of one of the governments of the Portuguese First Republic. He was the Portuguese head of government for a short time from 1920 to 1921 and the 44th Minister of Finance of Portugal from 22 February 1921 until 2 March 1921.
Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda is a Portuguese theatre,cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of Renée Lance Infante de Lacerda,daughter of the 5th Barons of Sabroso. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.
São Gabriel is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil.
No,or the Vain Glory of Command is a 1990 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film,starring Luís Miguel Cintra and Miguel Guilherme,depicts a series of defeats from the entire military history of Portugal –the assassination of Viriathus,the Battle of Toro,the failed attempt of Iberian Union under Afonso of Portugal and Isabella of Spain and the Battle of Alcácer Quibir –and the Lusiads episode of the Island of love,which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese lieutenant recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1974,during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–74). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings,while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas.
Río Branco is a city in the Cerro Largo department of northeastern Uruguay,it borders the Brazilian city of Jaguarão,with which it communicates through the Baron of MauáInternational Bridge.
The Brazilian nobility refers to the titled aristocrats and fidalgo people and families recognized by the Kingdom of Brazil and later,by the Empire of Brazil,dating back to the early 19th century,when Brazil ceased to be a colony of the Kingdom of Portugal. It held official status until 1889,when a military coup d'état overthrew the monarchy and established the First Brazilian Republic.
The Cannibals is a 1988 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards,but was not accepted as a nominee.
Barão de Melgaço is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.
Mallet,Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paranáin the Southern Region of Brazil.
The Baron of MauáInternational Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Jaguarão River,linking the cities of Jaguarão,Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil and Río Branco,Uruguay.
Events in the year 1891 in Portugal.
Events in the year 1861 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1860 in Brazil.
SinháMoça is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by TV Globo,April 28 to November 14,1986,in 168 chapters. It substituted De Quina pra Lua and was succeeded by Direito de Amar.
