Bloody Night (Lisbon, 1921)

Corporal Abel Olímpio Prime Minister António Granjo António Machado Santos Carlos da Maia Freitas da Silva Colonel Botelho de Vasconcelos Francisco Cunha Leal Bloody Night (Portuguese: Noite Sangrenta) is the name by which the radical revolt that took place in Lisbon, on the night of 19 October 1921, became known.

[2] Between 5 and 6 a.m. 19 October 1921, civilians, members of the National Republican Guard and the Navy gathered in Terreiro do Paço, and went up the Avenida da Liberdade, establishing positions and artillery in the Eduardo VII Park.

[2] The first to be killed was António Granjo, who fled from his home in Rua João Crisóstomo and hid in Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal's (who had ties with the revolutionary movement) nearby house, in Avenida Miguel Bombarda.

[4] The same night, President António José de Almeida invested Manuel Maria Coelho as Prime Minister, but his government resigned on 3 November.

[7] The events of the bloody night are the main plot of a two-episode TV series that was broadcast by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal called Noite Sangrenta.