Timeline of Portuguese history (Second Dynasty)

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This is a historical timeline of Portugal.

Main article: History of Portugal

Contents 1 Second Dynasty: Aviz 1.1 14th century 1.2 15th century 1.3 16th century 2 See also

[edit] Second Dynasty: Aviz

[edit] 14th century

• 1385
  • April – João I of Portugal acclaimed king by the Portuguese; Castilians do not accept this claim.
  • August 14 – Battle of Aljubarrota: João I defeats the Castilians and secures the throne.
• 1386 - Treaty of Windsor, an alliance between England and Portugal.
• 1394 – Henry the Navigator, son of king João I of Portugal, is born.

[edit] 15th century

• 1415 – João I conquers the city of Ceuta in northern Africa
• 1419 – Madeira Islands discovered by João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira.
• 1427 – Azores Islands discovered by Diogo Silves.
• 1433 – Duarte of Portugal becomes king.
• 1434 – Gil Eanes crosses the Bojador Cape: exploration of the African coast begins.
• 1438 – Afonso V of Portugal becomes king.
• 1444/1460 – discovery and settling of Cape Verde islands.
• 1481 – João II of Portugal becomes king.
• 1483 – João II executes Fernando, the third Duke of Braganza, and Diogo, the Duke of Viseu, putting an end to high nobility conspiracies.
• 1484 – Diogo Cão discovers the Congo river.
• 1491 – Bartolomeu Dias becomes the first European captain to cross the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1494 – The Treaty of Tordesilhas signed between Spain and Portugal, dividing the colonisable world in two halves.
• 1495 – Manuel I of Portugal becomes king.
• 1498 – Vasco da Gama reaches India through navigation around Africa.

[edit] 16th century

• 1500
  • Easter Day – Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers Brazil.
  • Manuel I orders expulsion or conversion of the Portuguese Jews.
• 1511 - Invasion and cruel conquest of Malacca.
• 1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque captures the Kingdom of Hormuz.
• 1521 – João III of Portugal becomes king.
• 1521 - Antonio Correia captures Bahrain, which is under Portuguese rule until 1602.
• 1542 – Portuguese explorers are the first Europeans to land in Japan.
• 1557 – Sebastião of Portugal becomes king.
• 1568 – King Sebastião of Portugal comes of age and takes control of government.
• 1569
  • Plague epidemic in Portugal. Only in Lisbon 60,000 people die.
  • Nagasaki, in 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
  • Portuguese troops utterly defeated in Africa, in the battle of Alcacer-Quibir; king Sebastião disappears in the battle never to be seen again.
  • Cardinal Henrique I of Portugal becomes king.
• 1579 - Cortes in Lisbon.
• 1580
  • Cortes in Almeirim.
  • King Cardinal Henrique I of Portugal dies.

[edit] See also

• Timeline of Portuguese history
  • First Dynasty: Burgundy (12th to 14th century)
  • Third Dynasty: Habsburg (Spanish rule) (16th to 17th century)