Tomé de Sousa [SEP] date of birth
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa (1503-1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim. Sousa was born a noble and participated in military expeditions in Africa, fought the Moors and commanded the nau "Conceição" to Portuguese India, part of the armada of Fernão de Andrade.
Sousa in Brazil.
Sousa was the agent in charge of restoring the king's authority in Colonial Brazil
of "Les Propheties" (1555) (d. 1566)
- December 20 – Cosimo Bartoli, Italian diplomat and writer (d. 1572)
- "date unknown"
- Lucas David, Prussian historian (d. 1583)
- Robert Estienne, French printer (d. 1559)
- John Frith, English Protestant priest and martyr (d. 1533)
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- Tomé de Sousa, Portuguese nobleman