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Saturday, July 17, 2021

Basic timeline of Portugal

This post is a basic timeline of Portugal. There are 29 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (35,000 years ago)
• Cynetes culture (before 6th century BC)
• Roman invasion (218 BC)
• Roman Lusitania (27 BC - 409/410 AD)
• Kingdom of Galicia (409 - 1833 AD)
• Visigoth Kingdom (418 - 721 AD)
• Barbarian invasions (5th century AD)
• Al-Andalus occupation (711 - 868 AD)
• Asturias kingdom (718/722 - 924 AD)
• County of Portugal (868 - 1139 AD)
• Leon kingdom (910 - 1230 AD)
• Portugal kingdom (1139-1910)
• Portugese Empire (1415-1999)
• Portugal arrives in Brazil (1500)
• Iberian Union with Spain (1580-1640)
• War of Portuguese Succession (1580-1583)
• Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668)
• War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
• Lisbon earthquake (1755)
• Spain invades Portugal (1762)
• France occupies Portugal (1807-1812)
• Brazil gains independence from Portugal (1822)
• First Portugese Republic (1910-1926)
• Coup d'état (1926)
• Military dictatorship (1926-1933)
• Second Portuguese Repbulic (1933-1974)
• Carnation Revolution (1974)
• Third Portuguese Republic (1974 - now)
• Processo Revolucionario Em Curso (1975)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Portugal at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Portugal.)