1999 Portugal returns Macau to China
1996 Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies
1996 Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
1992 Adelino Da Palma Carlos, PM of Portugal (1974), dies
1991 President Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected
1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1986 Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres
1986 Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community
1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1983 Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
1982 Portugal revises constitution
1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
1980 Francisco Sa Carneiro, PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
1980 Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74
1979 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal
1979 Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
1978 Portugal government of Da Costa falls
1977 Portugal's premier Soares resigns
1977 Lara Antunes, Miss Portugal Universe 1997
1976 Portugal adopts constitution
1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1975 Portugal premier Goncalvez resigns
1975 Sao Tome e Principe gains independence from Portugal (Natl Day)
1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
1975 Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence
1974 Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Spinola as President of Portugal
1974 Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau
1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1970 Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner
1970 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
1969 Fernanda Ribeiro, born in Portugal, 10k runner, 1996 Olympics gold
1968 Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
1968 Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague
1966 Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner 1996 Olympics
1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1962 Mark Portugal, born in Los Angeles, California, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1962 U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990
1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
1951 Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal
1951 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
1949 Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes
1949 Joao Botelho, Lamego Portugal, director, Trafico, Hard Times
1947 Carlos A. Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner 1984 Olympics gold
1946 Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
1935 Fernando Lopes, Portugal, director, Encoberto, Matar Saudades
1934 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz and Portugal vote no)
1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
1932 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1927 Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
1926 Coup under Gen Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
1926 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1924 Mario Soares, Socialist, premier of Portugal, 1976-78, 1983-
1921 Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1919 Monarchist riot in Portugal
1918 Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered
1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1917 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1916 Germany declares war against Portugal
1911 Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal
1911 Portugal approves woman suffrage
1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
1910 Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1910 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, general/president Portugal
1908 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1906 Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, 1968-74
1906 Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier
1904 Netherlands and Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor
1902 Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
1896 Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress, Lisboa, O Primo Basilio
1890 Maria Matos, Lisbon Portugal, actress, Menina da Radio
1889 Ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
1889 Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908)
1889 Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal
1889 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal, 1932-68
1889 Manoel II, last king of Portugal, 1908-10
1887 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1874 Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist, Nobel 1949
1863 Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king, 1889-1908
1861 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24
1857 Conrad Haebler, German historian, Early printers of Spain/Portugal
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet, Beatrice
1837 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal, 1853-61
1837 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies
1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
1830 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53
1826 Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1816 Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal
1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
1798 A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil, 1822-31, /king of Portugal
1786 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro
1769 Joao VI M L J, King of Portugal, 1816-26
1762 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, born in Portugal, opera composer, Portogallo
1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1703 England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal
1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1689 Joao V, Rei Fidelissimo, king of Portugal, 1706-50
1683 Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40
1668 Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
1667 King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661 Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II
1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal
1656 Johan IV, duke of Braganea/king of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal, 1683-1706
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal, 1656-67, mentally ill
1641 France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
1640 Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal
1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1640 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
1605 Philip IV, King of Spain and Portugal, 1621-65
1604 Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal, 1640-56
1597 Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
1590 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], pontiff of Portugal, dies
1582 Last Julian calender day in Spain/Portugal/pontifical states
1581 Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal
1581 Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
1580 Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal
1580 Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1578 Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1578 Philip III, King of Spain and Portugal, 1598-1621
1572 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal
1559 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
1557 Joao III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54
1545 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies
1529 Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1527 Philip II, King of Spain, 1556-98, and Portugal, 1580-98
1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal
1521 Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1514 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
1502 Joao III, King of Portugal, 1521-57
1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal
1496 Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
1495 John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain and Portugal divide America
1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1481 Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castilie
1471 Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1469 Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1495-1521, during era of exploration
1460 Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1455 Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481-95, /took in Spanish Jews
1449 Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1438 Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies
1433 Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal, 1438-1481
1430 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer, Virtuosa benfeitoria
1391 Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal, 1433-38, /author
1383 Ferdinand I, the wise, king of Portugal, dies
1367 Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
1357 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1357 Johan I, King of Portugal, 1383-1433
1345 Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal, built navy
1336 Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1325 Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal
1325 Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
1320 Pedro I, King of Portugal, 1357-67
1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal, 1325-57
1279 Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal, 1279-1325
1233 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45
1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1223 Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
1211 Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1211), dies at 56
1207 Sancho II, king of Portugal
1188 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
1185 Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
1154 Sancho I, king of Portugal, 1185-1211
1154 Sancho I, king of Portugal, dies
1147 King Afonso I of Portugal occupiers Lisbon
1139 Count Alfonso I of Portugal becomes king
1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa
1109 Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal, 1143-85
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