Lisbon Regicide
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The Lisbon Regicide or Regicide of 1908 was the assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and the Algarves and his heir-apparent, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, by assassins sympathetic to Re
The Lisbon Regicide as depicted in the French Le Petit Journal, incorrectly showing four assassins rather than two (February 1908)
Léon Gambetta, French Moderate Republican who influenced Portuguese republicanism
The Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister at the time of the ultimatum
Another depiction of the Lisbon Regicide
5 October 1910 revolution
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The 5 October 1910 Revolution was the overthrow of the centuries-old Portuguese monarchy and its replacement by the First Portuguese Republic. It was the result of a coup d'état organized by the Portu
Lisbon Regicide
…abolished. The assassination of King Carlos and the Prince Royal was the effective end of a constitutional monarchy in Portugal (later confirmed by the 5 October 1910 revolution). The regime functioned for another 33 months with growing agitation and demands for reform (although considerably less than in the future First…
1911 commemorative illustration of the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on 5 October 1910.
Commemorative plaque on 31 de Janeiro Street, in Porto.
Eudóxio César Azedo Gneco, also known as Azedo Gneco, one of the main leaders of the Portuguese Socialist Party, giving a speech at a republican gathering in Lisbon (1 May 1907)