Portuguese History

Short and sweet

<218 BCE

Celts and Pre-celts

populate the peninsula

218 BCE

Romans invade

the peninsula

409 CE

Germanic tribes populate the

Iberian Peninsula as the Roman

Empire falls

711 CE

Moors invade from

North Africa

6/24 1128

Battle of Sao Mamede

Afanso Henriques becomes Prince Afanso

The seminal event for the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal

7/25 1139

Prince Afanso becomes

King Afanso 1

The first king of Portugal

1143

Treaty of Zamora between Portugal

and the houses of León and Castile

1179

Vatican recognizes Portugal

as a country

1249

Moors vanquished from the Algarve

“Reconquista”

1255

Capitol moves to Lisbon

1580

Succession crisis:

1578 - King Sebastian I is

lost in battle with no heir

1640

Duke of Braganza

becomes King John IV

begins "Restoration War"

1668

Treaty of Lisbon

between Portugal and Spain

11/1 1755

Lisbon earthquake,

fires, and tsumani

Between 30k-50k people

die in Lisbon alone.

1910

Portuguese Republican Party

abolishes the monarchy

“First Republic”

1926

A military coup produces

the Ditadura Nacional, the National Dictatorship

First half “Second Republic”

1933

Salazar takes control

Estado Novo, the New State

Second half “Second Republic”

1974

Carnation revolution

“Ongoing Revolutionary Process”

Celeste Caeiro

Beginnings of “Third Republic”

1976

Democracy:

Socialist Party victory

First free and fail election in almost 50 years.

The “Third Republic”

1986

EU membership