Deaths on October 18

António José da Silva

Died on October 18, 1739

António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)

António José da Silva Coutinho (8 May 1705 – 18 October 1739) was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew" (O Judeu). The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva in Hebrew is אנטוניו ז'וזה דה סילווה‎.

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