MILITARY PERSONNEL

Cristóvão da Gama

1516 - 1542

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Cristóvão da Gama (c. 1516 – 29 August 1542), anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led a Portuguese army of 400 musketeers to assist Ethiopia that faced Islamic Jihad from the Adal Sultanate led by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. He was the son of explorer Vasco da Gama. He, along with the allied Ethiopian army, was victorious against Adal forces in four battles, but he was seriously wounded in his last battle and was captured, tortured, and executed by Imam Ahmad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cristóvão da Gama is the 1,179th most popular military personnel (down from 967th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 187th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 1,179 out of 2,058. Before him are Robert Maynard, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Clearchus of Sparta, Otto Schniewind, and Chram. After him are Grigory Kotovsky, Aleksander Zawadzki, Mile Mrkšić, Nikolay Krylov, Richard Ruoff, and Hajo Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 10. Before him are Margaret Leijonhufvud, Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, and André Thevet. After him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Realdo Colombo, John Foxe, Emilie of Saxony, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Among people deceased in 1542, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Wyatt, Girolamo Aleandro, Ludwig Senfl, Nikolaus Federmann, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, and Diego de Almagro II. After him are Juan Boscán Almogáver, Gasparo Contarini, Philotheus of Pskov, Pedro Reinel, and Angelo Beolco.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 240 out of 633. Before him are Manuel Bento (1948), Bento de Góis (1562), António José de Almeida (1866), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919). After him are Manuel Cardoso (1566), José Costa (1953), Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736), Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), João do Canto e Castro (1862), and Garcia de Orta (1499).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Portugal

Among military personnels born in Portugal, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 1. After him are Estácio de Sá (1520), Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Pedro Teixeira (1585), and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465).

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