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Macau's history under Portugal can be broadly divided into three distinct political periods. [7] The first was the establishment of the Portuguese settlement in 1557 to 1849. [8]
Macau and its position in Portuguese and Spanish global trade routes The mission of the Jesuits used Macau as a point of departure & formation during the 16th century. Both Chinese and Portuguese merchants flocked to Macau, although the Portuguese were never numerous (numbering just 900 in 1583 and 1200 out of 26,000 in 1640). [20]
The Municipalities of Macau and the Ilhas, which had been retained provisionally following the handover, were abolished and replaced by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau with effect from 1 January 2002. [88] Portugal was now represented in Macau by the Portuguese Consulate-General, also accredited to Hong Kong. [89]
From 1534 to 1536, 15 Captaincy colonies were created in Portuguese America. The captaincies were autonomous, and mostly private, colonies of the Portuguese Empire, each owned and run by a Captain-major. In 1549, due to their failure and limited success, the Captaincy Colonies of Brazil were united into the Governorate General of Brazil. The ...
By the 17th century, Portugal had established colonial rule over Macau after gaining concessions from various Chinese governments. In 1887, Portugal and the Qing dynasty signed the Sino-Portuguese Draft Minutes and the Sino–Portuguese Treaty of Peking, in which China ceded to Portugal the right to "perpetual occupation and government of Macau"; conversely, Portugal pledged to seek China's ...
Portuguese Macau (1557–1999) — the former Portuguese colony and overseas province period of the history of Macau, located on the Pearl River Delta in Southeast China
Macau given to Portugal by the Emperor of China as a reward for services rendered against the pirates who infested the South China Sea. Sebastião of Portugal becomes king. 1568: King Sebastião of Portugal comes of age and takes control of government. 1569: Plague epidemic in Portugal. 60,000 people die in Lisbon alone. Nagasaki is opened to ...
The Macanese people (Portuguese: Macaense, Maquista) are a multiracial East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting of people of predominantly mixed Cantonese and Portuguese as well as Malay, [7] Japanese, [7] English, [7] Dutch, [8] Sinhalese, [7] and Indian [8] ancestry.