2014 Event Portuguese officials move to rescue Banco Espirito Santo from collapse by offering $6.6 billion ($4.9 billion euros) in funding 2012 Event Amidst protests against austerity, the Portuguese government announces details of its draft budget for 2013 1993 Death Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81 1992 Death Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83 1985 Birthday Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete 1984 Death Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41 1978 Event Portuguese President Eanes fires premier Soares 1978 Death Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author (Presenea), dies at 76 1978 Event Mario Soares forms Portuguese government 1976 Event Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president 1976 Event Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor 1976 Event Portuguese constitution assumed 1975 Event Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases 1975 Event Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor 1975 Event Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule 1973 Event MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya 1972 Birthday Luis Figo, born in Almada, Portugal, professional soccer player, midfielder, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, won 127 caps for the Portuguese national soccer team 1968 Event Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed 1968 Event Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tome 1964 Death Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/president (1951-58), dies at 70 1963 Event Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization 1963 Birthday Jose Mourinho, Portuguese Coach 1961 Event India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu 1961 Event India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies 1961 Event Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1961 Event Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 1961 Event Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria 1952 Death Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61 1943 Birthday Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist 1942 Birthday Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts' 1941 Death Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 1939 Birthday Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese Politician 1936 Death Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, dies at 76 1935 Death Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47 1935 Death Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1933 Event Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1927 Event Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated 1926 Event Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup 1926 Death Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58 1924 Birthday Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet 1924 Death Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80 1921 Birthday Amilcar Cabral, worked for independence of Portuguese Africa 1921 Birthday Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel 1919 Birthday Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet, Reino da Estupidez 1913 Birthday Alvaro Cunhal, Portuguese communist 1912 Death Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 1911 Event Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government 1911 Event Portuguese expel Jesuits 1908 Birthday Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter, Infinite Passage 1908 Death Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46 1908 Death Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55 1907 Birthday Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author 1907 Birthday Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne 1906 Event Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama 1901 Birthday Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author, Presenea 1900 Death Jose de Queiros, Portuguese writer (Bullock Maias), dies at 54 1900 Death Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 1894 Birthday Francisco H. Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general and president, 1951-58 1891 Death Antera Tarquinis de Quental, Portuguese poet/revolutionary, dies at 49 1891 Birthday Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner 1888 Birthday Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet, Mensagem 1888 Birthday Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet 1888 Birthday Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1886 Death Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 1886 Death Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40 1884 Event British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II 1878 Event 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii 1867 Birthday Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet, China 1867 Birthday Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet, Lonely 1862 Birthday Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet, Bailatas 1861 Birthday Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer, Os Meus Amores 1859 Birthday Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro 1852 Birthday Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/songwriter 1850 Birthday Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese poet, Simple Ones 1846 Birthday Antonio C. G. Crespo, Brazilian and Portuguese poet 1845 Birthday Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Queiros, Portuguese author, Contos 1843 Birthday [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician 1839 Death Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88 1834 Event Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates 1830 Death Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67 1819 Death Filinto Elisio, do Nascimento, Portuguese poet, dies at 84 1818 Birthday Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio 1806 Birthday Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, Sonnets from the Portuguese 1799 Death Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68 1799 Birthday Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright 1795 Death Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 1770 Death Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42 1750 Birthday Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet 1741 Birthday Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet, O Uraguai 1734 Birthday Filinto Elisio, Francisco M do Nascimento, Portuguese poet 1731 Birthday Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet, O Falso Heroismo 1728 Birthday Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet 1723 Death Mariana Alcoforado, nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63 1713 Event Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1666 Death Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 1665 Event Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1665 Event Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1661 Event King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca 1659 Event Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish 1654 Event Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1651 Death Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 1644 Death Johannes a Sancto Thoma, Poinset, Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 1625 Event Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1616 Death Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 1612 Event Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1608 Birthday Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author, Epanaforas 1608 Birthday Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher 1607 Event Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet 1605 Event Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen 1605 Birthday Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic 1590 Event English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag 1589 Birthday Johannes a Sancto Thoma, Poinset, Portuguese theologist 1580 Death Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies 1578 Event Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed 1573 Death Andre de Resende, Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies 1556 Event Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope 1549 Event Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan 1524 Death Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1522 Event Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas 1521 Event Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1515 Death Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies 1502 Event Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena 1502 Birthday Damiao de Gois, Portuguese humanist scholar 1502 Event Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro 1501 Event Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon 1500 Death Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1498 Event Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1497 Event Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1443 Death Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 1402 Birthday Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint 1394 Birthday Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery 1385 Event Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence
