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Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 8 months. Name in sources: Levantamento do regimento de Ordenanças. Location: Sao Tome Island Country (current): STP. Monarchy: Portuguese. Main participants: Local elites, Soldiers. Number of participants: unknown. Main reasons & motivations: Political. Leadership: Francisco de Alva Brandão (coronel), António de Barros (cabo de esquadra). Relevance: low.
Author: José Vicente Serrão (ISCTE-IUL).
Serrão, José Vicente (2025). "Militia uprising 1744", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/militia-uprising-1744/ (accessed on 24 June 2026).