Landing at Mindelo

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amphibious military operation battle of the Portuguese Liberal Wars

Landing at Mindelo was a pivotal 1832 amphibious operation during the Portuguese Liberal Wars in which liberal forces landed near Porto, helping to secure the victory of constitutionalism over absolutism in Portugal.

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Label	Occurrences
Landing at Mindelo canonical	1
Liberal landing at Mindelo (1832)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amphibious military operation ⓘ battle of the Portuguese Liberal Wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Carnival of Mindelo ⓘ surface form: Desembarque do Mindelo
belligerent	Absolutist Miguelite faction ⓘ surface form: Absolutist forces (Miguelites) Liberal forces (constitutionalists) ⓘ
combatantLeader	Dom Pedro IV of Portugal (as Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza) NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Duke of Terceira ⓘ surface form: António José de Sousa Manuel de Meneses e Silva (Duke of Terceira) Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Liberal Wars
consequence	occupation of Porto by liberal forces ⓘ strategic foothold in northern Portugal for liberals ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
date	1832-07-08 ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Porto ⓘ surface form: Siege of Porto (1832–1833)
forceType	expeditionary corps ⓘ
hasCause	dynastic conflict between supporters of Dom Pedro and Dom Miguel ⓘ struggle over the Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Revolutions ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
involvedBranch	land forces ⓘ naval forces ⓘ
languageOfName	Portuguese ⓘ
location	Vila do Conde, Portugal ⓘ surface form: Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal
militaryStrength	several thousand liberal troops (approx. 7,500–8,000) ⓘ
near	Porto ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the earliest large-scale modern amphibious operations in Portuguese history ⓘ
objective	land liberal army close to Porto ⓘ open a northern front against Miguelite forces ⓘ
operationType	amphibious landing ⓘ
opposedSide	absolutism in Portugal ⓘ
partOf	Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Civil War (1828–1834)
partOfCampaign	liberal expedition from the Azores to mainland Portugal ⓘ
politicalEffect	strengthened liberal constitutional cause in Europe’s perception ⓘ
precededBy	assembly of liberal expeditionary force in the Azores ⓘ
relatedEvent	Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820 ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Liberal Revolution Siege of Porto ⓘ
relatedPerson	Dom Miguel I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Dom Pedro IV of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	liberal victory ⓘ successful amphibious landing ⓘ
significance	pivotal event in securing victory of constitutionalism over absolutism in Portugal ⓘ turning point in the Portuguese Liberal Wars ⓘ
strategicEffect	enabled prolonged liberal resistance in Porto ⓘ
supportedSide	constitutionalism in Portugal ⓘ
theatre	northern Portugal ⓘ surface form: Northern Portugal
year	1832 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Wars in Portugal → hasPart → Landing at Mindelo ⓘ

War of the Two Brothers → significantEvent → Landing at Mindelo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal landing at Mindelo (1832)