MILITARY PERSONNEL

Estácio de Sá

1520 - 1567

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Estácio de Sá (1520 – 20 February 1567) was a Portuguese soldier and officer. Sá travelled to the colony of Brazil on the orders of the Portuguese crown to wage war on the French colonists commanded by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. These French colonists had established themselves in 1555 at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, in a settlement known as France Antarctique. He was the founder of Rio de Janeiro, now the second largest city in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Estácio de Sá is the 1,419th most popular military personnel (up from 1,721st in 2024), the 277th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 317th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Estácio de Sá ranks 1,419 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Short, August Kork, Karl von Einem, Nadezhda Durova, Dmitry Milyutin, and Sun Chuanfang. After him are Josef Kammhuber, Mikhail Diterikhs, Eino Rahja, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Georgios Zoitakis, and Friedrich Kirchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Estácio de Sá ranks 21. Before him are Pedro Cieza de León, Aben Humeya, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Diego de Almagro II, Moses Isserles, and Isabella di Morra. After him are Giovanni Animuccia, Adam Bohorič, Girolamo Cassar, Wacław of Szamotuły, Jorge de Montemor, and Gaspar Becerra. Among people deceased in 1567, Estácio de Sá ranks 12. Before him are Michael Stifel, Marin Držić, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Girolamo Priuli, Juan Bautista de Toledo, and Gómez Pereira. After him is Ligier Richier.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Estácio de Sá ranks 277 out of 633. Before him are Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), Ricardo (1976), João de Loureiro (1717), Duarte Barbosa (1480), and António Simões (1943). After him are José Augusto (1937), Bruno Alves (1981), João César Monteiro (1939), Tiago Mendes (1981), Antero de Quental (1842), and Pedro da Fonseca (1528).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Portugal

Among military personnels born in Portugal, Estácio de Sá ranks 2. Before him are Cristóvão da Gama (1516). After him are Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Pedro Teixeira (1585), and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465).

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