Thursday, May 30, 2013
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
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
1975-06-25 - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975-07-12 - Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (Natl Day)
1975-09-05 - Portugal premier Goncalvez resigns
1975-09-08 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1975-11-11 - Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1976-04-25 - Portugal adopts constitution
1976-07-01 - Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
1976-11-19 - Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal.
1977-12-08 - Portugal's premier Soares resigns
1978-09-14 - Portugal government of Da Costa falls
1979-06-07 - Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
1979-08-01 - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal
1981-01-09 - Francisco Balsamao elected pres of Portugal
1982-05-12 - In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
1982-10-30 - Portugal revises constitution
1983-04-25 - Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1983-06-08 - Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1983-06-16 - Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1986-01-01 - Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community
1986-02-16 - Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres
1987-04-13 - Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1987-04-20 - 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1988-04-18 - 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1990-04-16 - 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1991-01-13 - Pres Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected
1992-12-21 - Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
1999-12-20 - Portugal returns Macau to China
2001-03-04 - Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
2002-05-20 - The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
2007-02-11 - In Portugal, a national referendum legalizes non-therapeutic abortion when requested by the woman during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
2007-05-03 - British girl Madeleine McCann disappears from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
2010-02-20 - In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.
2012-11-14 - A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
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