00:00The bloody night, "Noite Sangrenta" in Portuguese, is the name given "in Portugal" to the night
00:04of October 19, 1921, during which several leading political figures were abducted and killed.
00:11Following the resignation and subsequent conviction of Liberato Pinto, then head of the ministry, a coup d
00:16'State is led on September 30th.
00:18The revolt is led by Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Maria Coelho, officers of the Republican National Guard, and Camilo de
00:25Oliveira and Cortes dos Santos, and Capitao de Fragata Procopio de Fretas.
00:30On October 19, a series of murders were committed against members of the fallen government, as well as other prominent figures.
00:35policies.
00:36Prime Minister Antonio Grangeau, seeking refuge with his opponent Francisco Cugna Lille, is discovered and dragged to
00:43the arsenal, then shot down.
00:44One of the founders of the Republic, Antonio Machado Santos, PT, minister, José Carlos Damaia, PT, former minister and great
00:52Master of the Order of Avis, Commander Fretas da Silva, Secretary to the Minister of the Navy, and Colonel
00:57Botelio de Vasconcelos are kidnapped and murdered.
01:00These assassinations, for which responsibility remains partly unclear and may not be directly attributable to the perpetrators
01:06the coup d'état discredited the Octobrists.
01:09New elections helped to limit government instability from 1922 to 1925.
