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Historical Events
Events 1 - 100 of 133
1128-06-24 - Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa
1139-07-25 - Count Alfonso I of Portugal proclaimed King
1143-10-05 - The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1147-10-25 - King Afonso I of Portugal occupiers Lisbon
1227-01-06 - Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1325-01-07 - Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as King of Portugal
1383-10-22 - The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder began when King Fernando died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne.
1385-04-06 - John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
1386-05-09 - Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
1460-03-06 - Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
1479-03-06 - Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.
1479-09-04 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile
1488-12-15 - Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1493-05-04 - Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal
1494-06-07 - Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America
1496-12-05 - Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
1500-04-22 - Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
1502-02-12 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
1509-02-03 - The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1511-07-25 - Portugese assault on city Malakka attack
1511-08-10 - Portugese troops occupy parts of Malacca
1511-08-24 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1515-05-03 - Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
1529-04-22 - Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1531-12-17 - Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.
1536-05-23 - Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
1543-02-11 - Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
1570-02-28 - Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1572-03-12 - Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal
1580-06-27 - Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal
1580-08-25 - Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
1581-03-25 - Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
1581-04-01 - Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
1581-04-15 - Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal
1582-10-04 - Last Julian calender day in Spain/Portugal/pontifical states
1640-12-01 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1640-12-15 - Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal
1641-06-01 - France & Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
1654-07-20 - Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control
1658-06-23 - Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon
1661-06-23 - Marriage contract for Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal
1661-07-03 - Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
1661-08-06 - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661-08-06 - The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1663-06-08 - Battle at Amegical: English & Portugese fleet beats Spanish
1667-05-23 - King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
1668-02-13 - Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
1703-05-02 - Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1703-09-12 - English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal
1703-12-27 - England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1707-01-01 - John V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
1712-07-17 - England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]
1739-09-01 - 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
1801-06-06 - Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal
1803-03-03 - Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
1804-04-02 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
1808-03-07 - Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
1st Duke of Wellington & British Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley
1808-08-21 - Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
1820-08-24 - Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.
1820-09-15 - Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal; (see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.
1822-09-07 - Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)
1825-08-29 - Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
1887-12-01 - Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1902-05-15 - Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
1904-10-01 - Netherlands & Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor
1906-05-19 - Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier
1908-02-01 - King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
1910-10-04 - Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1910-10-05 - Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
1911-04-30 - Portugal approves woman suffrage
1911-08-24 - Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal
1916-03-09 - Germany declares war against Portugal
1917-05-13 - 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1917-07-13 - Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1919-02-02 - Monarchist riot in Portugal
1926-05-28 - Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1926-07-09 - Coup under Gen Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
1927-02-03 - Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
1932-07-05 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
1934-09-17 - USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz & Portugal vote no)
1946-02-08 - Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
1949-07-06 - Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minutes
1951-06-11 - Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
1951-07-22 - Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed pres of Portugal
1953-11-08 - Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
1962-01-30 - UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
1964-05-15 - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964-07-26 - Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
1968-03-03 - Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague
1968-09-26 - Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
1974-04-25 - Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1974-07-02 - Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
1974-08-26 - Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
1974-09-10 - Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau
1974-09-30 - Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Spinola as pres of Portugal
1974-11-17 - Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal, as a front of PCP(m-l).
1975-01-15 - Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence
1975-03-11 - Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
1975-04-25 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1975-04-26 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 96 of 96
1109-07-25 - Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)
1154-11-11 - Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212)
1185-04-23 - King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
1188-03-24 - Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
1207-09-08 - Sancho II, king of Portugal
1210-05-05 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1261-10-09 - Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)
1291-02-08 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
1293-03-08 - Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)
1320-04-08 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1320-04-19 - Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
1345-10-31 - Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)
1357-04-22 - Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
1360-03-31 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)
1391-10-30 - Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author
1392-12-09 - Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
1432-01-15 - Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)
1432-03-01 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
1434-09-18 - Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
1436-11-26 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
1455-03-03 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1458-05-02 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1469-05-31 - Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration
1482-06-29 - Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
1498-11-15 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
1502-06-06 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
1503-10-23 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
1507-01-14 - Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
1512-01-31 - King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)
1514-05-03 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
1524-02-04 - Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)
1527-05-21 - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1535-06-24 - Joan of Spain, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)
1554-01-20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1559-11-13 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
1578-04-14 - Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
1604-03-19 - Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
1605-04-08 - Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
1613-10-13 - Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, queen of Portugal (d. 1666)
1640-04-22 - Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
1643-08-21 - Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
1646-06-21 - Maria Francisca of Nemours, queen of Portugal (d. 1683)
1648-04-26 - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1666-08-06 - Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1683-09-07 - Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)
1689-10-22 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
1699-05-13 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
1711-12-04 - Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
1714-06-06 - King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
1717-07-05 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
1718-03-31 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781)
1734-12-17 - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1762-03-24 - Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)
1775-08-25 - Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal (Court in Rio de Janeiro)
1797-05-19 - Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
1798-10-12 - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal
1802-10-26 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
1816-10-29 - Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal
1819-04-04 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1837-07-15 - Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal (d. 1859)
1837-09-16 - Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)
1838-10-31 - King Louis of Portugal (d. 1889)
1842-04-18 - Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1847-02-14 - Maria Pia of Italy, queen of Portugal (d. 1911)
1857-10-29 - Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
1860-05-27 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1861-09-28 - Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
1863-09-28 - Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
1869-11-24 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1874-11-29 - Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1883-08-19 - José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
1889-03-19 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
1889-04-28 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
1889-09-28 - Carlos I King of Portugal, Lisbon (1889-1908)
1894-11-19 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
1896-06-09 - Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)
1906-08-17 - Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal (1968-74)
1907-09-23 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
1910-04-11 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, general/president Portugal
1914-06-30 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1924-12-07 - Mário Soares, President of Portugal
1934-07-19 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
1935-01-25 - António Ramalho Eanes, 17th President of Portugal
1935-12-28 - Fernando Lopes, Portugal, director (Encoberto, Matar Saudades)
1939-09-18 - Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
1947-02-18 - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1954-08-08 - Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990)
1956-06-29 - Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1957-09-06 - José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal
1962-10-30 - Mark Portugal, LA California, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1966-10-05 - Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1969-07-23 - Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal, 10k runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1970-08-21 - Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner
1972-03-29 - Rui Costa, Portugal footballer
1976-06-14 - Rita Carvalho, Miss Universe-Portugal (1996)
1977-10-28 - Lara Antunes, Miss Portugal Universe (1997)
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 3 of 3
1430-01-10 - Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
1526-03-10 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal, his 1st cousin, in Seville
1597-11-07 - Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 68 of 68
1185-12-06 - Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
1212-03-26 - Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58
1223-03-25 - Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
1233-07-27 - Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45
1248-01-04 - King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1279-02-16 - Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
1325-01-07 - Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
1336-07-04 - Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1345-11-13 - Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
1357-05-28 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1367-01-18 - Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
1383-10-22 - Ferdinand I, the wise, king of Portugal, dies
1415-07-19 - Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1433-08-14 - Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1438-09-09 - Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies
1449-05-20 - Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1460-11-13 - Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1463-06-17 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)
1471-12-17 - Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1481-08-28 - Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
1495-10-25 - John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies
1521-12-13 - Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1539-05-01 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)
1545-07-12 - Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies
1557-06-11 - King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
1558-02-25 - Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
1578-08-04 - Sebastiaan, King of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1580-01-31 - Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512)
1580-06-10 - Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1590-07-16 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], pontiff of Portugal, dies
1595-08-26 - Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
1656-11-06 - Johan IV, duke of Braganca/king of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
1683-09-12 - Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40
1706-12-09 - Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1750-07-31 - Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
1759-01-03 - Marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed
1777-02-24 - King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1781-01-15 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718)
1782-05-15 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
1786-05-05 - Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
1826-03-10 - Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
1830-01-07 - Infanta Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain and wife of John VI of Portugal, dies at 53
1830-02-07 - Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
1837-09-16 - Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies
1853-11-15 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
1861-11-11 - Pedro V van Alcantara, King of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24
1866-11-14 - King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
1889-10-19 - King Louis of Portugal (b. 1838)
1889-12-15 - Ferdinand II A F A, King of Portugal, dies at 73
1908-02-01 - Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1918-12-14 - Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered
1921-10-19 - Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1929-10-31 - António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
1932-07-02 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1932-07-02 - Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1941-10-18 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
1944-04-29 - Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (b. 1851)
1951-04-18 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
1965-06-11 - José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
1970-07-27 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
1976-12-24 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (b. 1907)
1980-10-26 - Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74
1983-04-10 - Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
1987-11-19 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1992-10-25 - Adelino Da Palma Carlos, PM of Portugal (1974), dies
1996-04-01 - Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
1996-08-13 - Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies
2001-07-31 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
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