João Caeiro
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João Caeiro
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João Caeiro was a 16th-century Portuguese mercenary in the service of King Tabinshwehti of the Toungoo Dynasty, rulers in modern day Burma (Myanmar). He was the leader of a group of 700 Portuguese mercenaries who as musketeers and artillery men fought at the battle of Martaban (1540–41). They were opposed by Martaban's defenses which employed another group of Portuguese mercenaries led Paulo de Seixas. Caeiro is said to have seriously considered defecting to the side of Saw Binnya, the ruler of
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Portuguese mercenary
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Caeiro
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2024-04-25T15:32:19Z
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