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1665
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10.29.1665
Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga. |
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1668
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2.13.1668
Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation.
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1703
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12.27.1703
Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. |
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1707
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1.1.1707
John V is crowned King of Portugal.
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1755
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11.1.1755
Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people. |
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1803
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3.3.1803
Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
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1808
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8.21.1808
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. |
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1811
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1812
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1820
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8.24.1820
Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
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9.15.1820
Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal. |
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1822
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9.7.1822
Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo. |
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1825
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8.29.1825
Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil. |
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1833
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7.5.1833
Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
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1874
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1887
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11.3.1887
Coimbra Academic Association, the oldest students' union in Portugal, is founded.
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1891
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1.31.1891
The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto. |
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1910
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10.5.1910
In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared . |
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1926
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5.28.1926
28th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
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1946
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6.18.1946
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim. |
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1955
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12.14.1955
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
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1961
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4.18.1961
CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. |
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1973
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1974
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4.25.1974
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrow the ''Estado Novo'' regime.
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6.9.1974
Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations. |
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11.17.1974
The Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) is founded in Portugal, as a front of PCP(m-l).
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1975
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7.5.1975
Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
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7.12.1975
São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
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7.26.1975
Formation of a military triumvirate in Portugal.
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11.28.1975
East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
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1976
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7.1.1976
Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira. |
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11.19.1976
Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal. |
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1986
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1987
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4.13.1987
Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999. |
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1989
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2.8.1989
An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144. |
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1999
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2001
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3.4.2001
Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
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2002
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5.20.2002
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 is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
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