The Baishaling Incident took place in August, 1849. Immediately after a Chinese

Chinese people

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 mob

MOB

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 assassinated Governor

Governor

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 Ferreira do Amaral

João Maria Ferreira do Amaral

João Maria Ferreira do Amaral was a Portuguese military and politician.-Background:He was the first son of Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, born in Lisbon, Alcântara, on 3 May 1773, whose male line was de Macedo, a Fidalgo of the Royal Household and a Sergeant of the Portuguese Army and the...

 on August 22, Chinese Imperial troops mobilized on the Guangdong Province-Macau

Macau

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 frontier. The Portuguese

Portuguese people

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 population of Macau viewed as an overtly threatening move by the Chinese to invade Macau. On August 25, with a numerically smaller group of 36 soldiers from his Artillery Battalion, against a defending force of 400 men and 20 cannons, the then Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

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 Mesquita

Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita

Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita was an officer of the Portuguese Army in Macau. He is widely remembered for his role at the Portuguese attack of Baishaling, Guangdong in 1849. He was the oldest of the five children of noted Macanese lawyer, Frederico Albino de Mesquita and Clara Esmeralda Carneiro -...

 attacked and pacified the Chinese fort at Baishaling. This coup guaranteed Macau's security and upon his return to the city, Mesquita was received as a national hero.