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José Maria de Santo Agostinho, born Miguel Boaventura Lucena (died 22 October 1912), was a Brazilian religious leader from the state of Santa Catarina.He was the third of three monks named João Maria who appeared in turn in southern Brazil, preaching and healing with herbs.
Joaquim Agostinho (1942–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer; José Maria de Santo Agostinho (1889–1912), Brazilian mystic; Pedro Agostinho (born 1965), Portuguese athlete who participated at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics; Agostinho (footballer, born 1997), Agostinho da Silva Araujo, East Timorese football defender
Suape port is an international port located in the city of Ipojuca in the state of Pernambuco, between the municipalities of Ipojuca and Cabo de Santo Agostinho, within the Recife metropolitan area and distant 40 km south of the capital . Suape serves ships 365 days a year without any restriction with regard to tidal schedules.
The Santo Agostinho River is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil. See also. List of rivers of Espírito Santo; References.
With the invasion of Paraíba in 1634, and the conquests of Arraial do Bom Jesus and Cabo de Santo Agostinho in 1635, the forces commanded by Matias de Albuquerque collapsed and were forced to retreat towards the São Francisco river. Important figures in this context were Calabar and Colonel Krzysztof Arciszewski. [16]
A poem by Chinua Achebe entitled "Agostinho Neto" was written in his honour. [19] An airport in Santo Antão, Cape Verde, is named after him, due to the beloved work he performed there as a doctor. For the same reason, the main hospital of Cape Verde in the capital Praia is named "Hospital Agostinho Neto" (HAN).
Pinzón went from what is today Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Brazilian state of Pernambuco) to the mouth of the Amazon River. There he encountered another Spanish expedition led by Lepe, which would reach as far as the Oyapock River in March. The reason Cabral is credited with having discovered Brazil, rather than the Spanish explorers, is because ...
The Contestado War (Portuguese: Guerra do Contestado), broadly speaking, was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.