Manuel Buiça
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| Born |
Manuel dos Reis da Silva Buíça 30 December 1876 Bouçoães, Valpaços |
| Died | 1 February 1908 (aged 31) Lisbon |
| Cause of death | Shot by police |
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| Spouse(s) | Hermínia Augusta da Costa |
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| Killings | |
| Date | 1 February 1908 |
| Location(s) | Terreiro do Paço |
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| Killed | 2 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Weapons | Winchester Model 1907 |
Manuel dos Reis da Silva Buíça (30 December 1876 — 1 February 1908) was a Portuguese schoolteacher and soldier involved in the regicide of King Carlos I of Portugal and Prince Royal, Luís Filipe, during the events that became known as the 1908 Lisbon Regicide (on February 1, 1908).
Son of Abílio da Silva Buíça, parish priest of Vinhais, and Maria Barroso.
Buíça married twice: the first lasted from 1896 to 1898, and his second, to Hermínia Augusta da Costa, with whom he had two children (Elvira and Manuel).
Manuel Buíça had few friends, outside his professional acquaintances, although he was a close colleague of Alfredo Costa and Aquilino Ribeiro (the latter of whom he referred to in his last testament by name), with whom he mingled at the Café Gelo in the Rossio.
His professional career started with his conscription into the army, where he would achieve the status of second Sergeant, and hold the title of field instructor in shooting, while at the Cavalry Regiment in Bragança. A professional, Buíça also enrolled in the master-at-arms training course, obtaining a medal for first class sharpshooting medallion in the process. Unfortunately, his career in the military was not spotless: there were various infractions and three disciplinary notes in his record.
After the army, Buíça enrolled in courses at the Colégio Nacional, and participated in lessons in music and French.
On the night of January 28, 1908 several men were arrested by the police around the Lisbon Municipal Library Elevator. This group of people were later determined to be the principal revolutionaries in an attempted republican coup that was to have effectively occurred on January 28, 1908, but failed. The Janeirada (which colloquially means the January thing), or more commonly referred to as the Municipal Library Elevator Coup, was an attempted coup to assassinate João Franco, proclaim a republic, and abolish the monarchy (by this, its King, Carlos I of Portugal).
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