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Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 8 months. Name in sources: Cerco de Bissau. Location: Bissau Country (current): Guinea-Bissau. Monarchy: Portuguese. Main participants: Africans, Indigenous. Number of participants: 250-500. Main reasons & motivations: Anti-colonial, Resistance to conquest. Leadership: Chieftain of Bissau. Relevance: low.
Author: José Silva Évora (UNICV).
Évora, José Silva (2024). "Papel siege of Bissau 1794", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/papel-siege-of-bissau-1794/ (accessed on 12 March 2026).