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The Governor of Macau was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the executive branch of the colony of Macau. The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of Chief Executive of Macau.After the demonstrations in Macau in the 1960s, the Portuguese Governor was essentially a figurehead.
1 List of Governors of Macau (From 1623)
The date refers to the date of appointment.
1.1 17th Century
- 7 July 1623 - D. Francisco Mascarenhas
- 19 July 1626 - D. Filipe Lobo, D. Jeronimo da Silveira
- 1 December 1631 - Manuel da Camara da Noronha
- August 1636 - Domingis da Camara da Noronha
- August 1638 - D. Sebastiao Lobo da Silveira
- August 1645 - Luis de Carvalho e Sousa
- August 1647 - D. Joao Pereira
- August 1650Events June 23 Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. August 23 Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot forerunner of Coldstream Guards Nove - Joao de Sousa Pereira
- August 1654Events April 5 Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. June 3 Louis XIV of France crowned at Rheims June 6 Charles X succedes his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne. After her abdication on June 5, Christina now the for - Manuel Tavares Bocarro
- 22 July 1664Events March 12 New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain. September 24 Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls. Births Thomas Newcomen, English inventor Deaths 1664. - Manuel Borges da Silva
- 31 August 1667Events January 20 Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power April 27 The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyr - D. Alvaro da Silva
- 20 July 1670Events January 21 Highwayman Claude Duval is executed in Tyburn, Middlesex April Pope Clement X is elected. May 2 The Hudson's Bay Company is formed in England. May 26 In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France secretly sign a treaty ending h - Manuel Borges da Silva
- 20 July 1672Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as “het rampjaar“ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. March 15 Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. June 28 William III o - Antonio Barbosa Lobo
- 10 December 1678Events August 10 Peace of Nijmegen ends war between France and Netherlands September 6 Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the " Popish Plot", a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England October 17 British politician Sir Edmun - Antonio de Castro Sande
- 10 December 1679Events January 24 King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 The brigantine Le Griffon which was commissioned by Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the - Luis de Melo Sampaio
- 10 December 1682 - Bechior do Amaral de Meneses
- 5 July 1685 - Antonio de Mesquita Pimentel
- 31 July 1688 - Andre Coelho Vieira
- 21 July 1691 - D. Francisco da Costa
- 23 November 1693 - Antonio da Silva e Melho
- 21 July 1694 - Gil Vaz Lobo Freire
- 17 August 1697 - Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa
- 28 September 1697 - Leal Senado da Camara (The Senate of the Settlement)
- 9 August 1698 - Pedro Vaz de Siqueira
