Tomás Luís Osório

Colonel Tomás Luís Osório (died 1763) was a Portuguese military figure. He is best known for leading troops against Pedro de Cevallos in the southern Brazil/Uruguay region in the 1760s.[1] On October 6, 1762 he began to rebuild the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa . On April 19, 1763, Pedro de Cevallos captured the fortress, taking Osório prisoner along with 25 officers.[2][3] After the war, Osório was submitted to a council of war in Portugal and accused of having favored the Spanish conquest, and was subsequently hanged in Lisbon.[2] His widow then presented evidence that showed the error of the indictment.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Indias, Archivo General de; Mateos, Francisco (1949). Historia de la Compañía de Jesús en la provincia del Paraguay: (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Perú, Bolivia y Brasil) según los documentos originales del Archivo General de Indias. V. Suárez. pp. 793–5. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "La fortaleza arrancada a españoles, portugueses y a la arena.". Rocha Uruguay. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Mellado, Francisco de Paula (1851). Enciclopedia moderna: diccionario universal de literatura, ciencias, artes, agricultura, industria y comercio. Establecimiento Tipográfico de Mellado. p. 547. Retrieved 14 June 2011.


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