D. Manuel II, the last king of Portugal
The implementation of Republic in Portugal makes this Sunday, October 5, 115 years. The revolution was much easier than it was predicted. And it was the blame for the monarchics.
In the historian’s view Ricardo Raimundothe Republic only triumphed in Portugal thanks to “disorganization, demoralization and lack of commitment of monarchics”.
In an interview with, the expert explains why.
The revolution was to have happened on the night from October 3 to 4. However, “nothing ran as it had been planned.” There was no expected adhesion.
“The situation seemed so lost to the republican forces, at dawn on October 4, that the conspiracy head, the vice-alminor Cândido dos Reis preferred to commit to being arrested by the winning monarchies“.
“During the morning of the 4th, in every cafes of Chiado the idea that prevailed was that the revolution would fail,” he said.
However, on the one hand, the command of the Military Division of Lisbon has never truly countered the rebellious Republicans; And on the other hand, the government did not trust its military either.
“The officers in charge of defending the monarchy, They were not at all interested in defending A government that did not represent its ideals or defended them, and the government, in turn, would rather solve the problem with the rebels by sending civil emissaries rather than delivering the resolution to military personnel to those who did not trust at all. ”
Thus, explained Raimundo, It was much easier to make the revolution – What happened the next day, October 5: “The Republic only triumphed due to the disorganization, demoralization and lack of commitment of the monarchics. The revolution came to fill a political void that had settled.”
O King D. Manuel II ceased to be king When, at 9 am on October 5, 1910, a Thursday, the implementation of the Republic was proclaimed in Lisbon. José Relvas was the author of this historical announcement.
Manuel de Arriaga would become the first president of the Republic.
Already Teófilo Braga led the first provisional government.
Ricardo Raimundo details the contours not only from October 5th, but also from “Pre” and “Post” in his book “ – Truths and Myths of the 19th, XX and XXI” Truths ”
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