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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]
Plaque of the Macau Military Club, in operation 1870–1995. Macau was under Portuguese rule from 1557 until 1999. During the final period of colonial administration prior to the handover of Macau to China, Portugal retained only limited numbers of military personnel in Macau for liaison and support purposes; the last major units having been withdrawn following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
The Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Macao Government, is the executive authorities of Macau.Formed on 20 December 1999 in accordance with the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, it is headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive.
The Portuguese Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation (Campanhas de Pacificação e Ocupação in Portuguese) were a vast set of military operations, conducted in the last decades of the 19th century and in the first two decades of the 20th by the Portuguese Armed Forces in the African overseas provinces of the Portuguese Empire. [1]
Three years later, Portugal and China agreed to rename Macau once again as a "Chinese territory under (temporary) Portuguese administration". That classification lasted until the Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau and transfer of sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China in 1999.
Map of the Macau Peninsula, 1635.. During the age of discovery Portuguese sailors explored the coasts of Africa and Asia. The sailors later established posts at Goa in 1510, and conquered Malacca in 1511, driving the Sultan to the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula from where he kept making raids on the Portuguese.
On 19 June 1974, Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d’Assumpção and other former members of the People's National Action, ruling party of Portugal until Carnation Revolution which saw the regime overthrown, formed the Association for the Defense of Macau Interests, mainly composed of Macau-born Portuguese (or Macanese). d’Assumpção became the chairman of the association.
(18:00 Macau Time/10:00 Lisbon Time) – The cultural event began with dragon and lion dances. These were followed by a slideshow of historical events and features of Macau, which included a mixture of the religions and races of the East and the West, and the unique society of native Portuguese born in Macau.