Rising of Terço Velho

Of 1720 with 1735, the Harbor office of Bahia had as leader the Vice-roi Vasco Fernandes César de Menezes, count de Sabugosa. It was during this period, on May 1st 1728, that occurred the Soulèvement of Terço Velho of the Garnison of El Salvador. Terço was the name given to a body of six hundred men; Velho , because it was oldest of the capital bahianaise. This event is generally presented as a mutiny against a Officier that the men of the military formation did not want as commander-in-chief. However, it appears that this military rising had other motivations. In general, the dissatisfaction with the troop vis-a-vis the irregularly paid balances of misery is neglected by official historiography.

With fallen the night of the May 10th 1728, the rebellious soldiers occupied the fort of the Camp of Put da Pólvora and sent their complaints to the viceroy. The selected estafette was the officer João de Araujo de Azevedo. To the fact of the events, it went to meet the viceroy against the insurgent troop which presented new requirements: the immediate liberation of the soldiers imprisoned by the chief of the troops.

The situation complica when Soldat S of other bodies of troop adhered to the movement. Bands of soldiers went from the streets of the city to the cry of " Died with the commander-in-chief " and " Lives João de Araujo de Azevedo " , relieved by the command of the Terço Velho , shown to be favorable to the rebels.

The driven back governor adopted a tactic to escape from the difficulty. He joins together all the Militaire S, Magistrat S and people of importance and convened João de Araujo de Azevedo to communicate the acceptance of the requirements and the forgiveness to him. The soldiers asked that this decision was announced with the Citoyen S of the city, which was made. But, then, the viceroy ordered the division of the Terço Velho in two parts localized in two different forts and made transfer in another Araujo de Azevedo. He secretly made open a Enquête, whereas the soldiers had been disarmed.

Twenty-three of them were shown and condemned, including ten with Mort. The others were off-set with Vie in Angola and in others colony S Portugueses. The chief of esquadre Antonio Pereira and the soldier Anastácio Pereira, considered as the leaders of rising, were hung. Each one had its bracket where was left in exposure its head and a quarter of sound body, well opposite the entry of the garrison of the Camp da Pólvora Put where rising had started. The other three-quarters were hung with the doors of São Bento and Carmo, as well as those of the Arsenal of the Navy.

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