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The colony of Brazil is elevated to the status of kingdom. Portugal changes the official name from Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves to United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. 1816: João VI of Portugal becomes king. Portugal is governed by a Regency council headed by Marshal Beresford, head of the Portuguese army in the ...
Portugal's long shoreline, with its many harbours and rivers flowing westward to the Atlantic Ocean was the ideal environment to raise generations of adventurous seamen. As a seafaring people in the south-westernmost region of Europe , the Portuguese became natural leaders of exploration during the Middle Ages .
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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.
Portugal is home to a number of major companies with international reputation such as Grupo Portucel Soporcel, a major world player in the international paper market, Sonae Indústria, the largest producer of wood-based panels in the world, Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in cork production, and Conservas Ramirez, the oldest canned fish ...
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. [1] 1386 - Treaty of Windsor, an alliance between England and Portugal. [2] 1394 – Henry the Navigator, son of king João I of Portugal, is born. [3] [4]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... This is a historical timeline of Portugal. Part of a series on the. History of Portugal; Ancient.