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6 unusual facts about António José Enes

Angoche

The city was named António Enes until 1976, after the 19th-century Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator, António José Enes.

António Enes

António José Enes, 19th-century Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator

António José Enes

The town of Angoche in Mozambique was in the colonial era renamed 'António Enes' after him: the name of the town reverted to Angoche in 1976 following Portuguese decolonisation.

On February 2, 1895, Marracuene was the site of a decisive battle between Portuguese commander António José Enes and Ronga emperor Gungunyane; the Portuguese defeated the larger Ronga forces by means of repeating rifles and a machine gun.

Marracuene District

On February 2, 1895, Marracuene was the site of a decisive battle between Portuguese commander António José Enes and Ronga emperor Gungunyane; the Portuguese defeated the Ronga forces by means of repeating rifles and a machine gun.

Queluz, Portugal

António José Enes (15 August 1848, Lisbon - 6 August 1901, Queluz), journalist, dramatist, librarian, government minister, colonial administrator and diplomat, who worked for several newspapers/magazines, eventually writing the controversial, anti-clerical drama "Os Lazaristas", and defended the concept of a United States of Europe, fearing that Portugal would be absorbed by Spain;