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Year Date Event 80 to 72 BC: The Sertorian War takes place, with Quintus Sertorius, a Roman general, rebelling against Rome with the support of the Lusitanians.: 27 BC: Augustus replaces the old Hispania Ulterior and Citerior division with a new one: Lusitania (Centre and South of modern Portugal and some territory of Modern Spain, namely the capital of Lusitania, Mérida), Baetica (only ...
Portuguese victory in Arcos de Valdevez against Leonese and Castilian forces. King Afonso I of Portugal tries and fails to conquer Lisbon from the Moors. The Moors retake Leiria. 1142 King Afonso I of Portugal retakes Leiria from the Moors and the town receives its foral (compilation of feudal rights) to stimulate the colonisation of the area.
The House of Aviz, known as the Joanine Dynasty, succeeded the House of Burgundy as the reigning house of the Kingdom of Portugal. The house was founded by John I of Portugal, who was the Grand Master of the Order of Aviz. When King John II of Portugal died without an heir, the throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja.
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis.. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
1705 – Brazil is now producing 600,000 ounces of gold per year. For the second time in its history, Portugal controls one of the greatest gold-producing sources in the world. 1706 — João V of Portugal becomes king. He presides over a great flowering of Portuguese art and culture underpinned by the fabulous wealth provided by Brazilian gold.
The Spanish Fleet of Santa Cruz defeats the Portuguese-French Fleet of Strozzi in the Azores. Introduction of the Gregorian Calendar in Portugal. 1583 Cortes in Lisbon. King Philip I of Portugal departs for Madrid and leaves the government of Portugal with Portuguese trustees. The Azores are submitted. Francis Drake attacks Portuguese Brazil.
Plague epidemic in Portugal. 60,000 people die in Lisbon alone. Nagasaki, Japan, is open to Portuguese traders. 1570 Luís de Camões returns to Lisbon from the Orient. Goa, in Portuguese India, is attacked by a coalition of Indian forces, but these are defeated by Portuguese Vice-Roy Luís de Ataíde, Count of Atouguia. 1578
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