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The history of the Kingdom of Portugal from the Illustrious Generation of the early 15th century to the fall of the House of Aviz in the late 16th century has been named the "Portuguese golden age" (Portuguese: Século de Ouro; "golden century") and the "Portuguese Renaissance".
The Portuguese Renaissance refers to the cultural and artistic movement in Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries. Though the movement coincided with the Spanish and Italian Renaissances, the Portuguese Renaissance was largely separate from other European Renaissances and instead was extremely important in opening Europe to the unknown and bringing a more worldly view to those European ...
Portuguese colonization of the Americas (Portuguese: Colonização portuguesa da América) constituted territories in the Americas belonging to the Kingdom of Portugal. Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century.
19th; 20th; Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. ... 15th-century Portuguese people (3 C, 83 P) Portuguese Renaissance (4 ...
During the 15th and 16th century, Portuguese exploration established a vast colonial empire. From 1580 to 1640, the Kingdom of Portugal was in personal union with Habsburg Spain. After the Portuguese Restoration War of 1640–1668, the kingdom passed to the House of Braganza and thereafter to the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
During the 15th century, the Portuguese Empire laid its foundations across the world as the world's first modern colonial empire, and what would be the longest. The Empire came into existence in 1415, with the Capture of Ceuta, by the forces of Infante Henrique of Aviz, the "Navigator". This key victory initiated a century of Portuguese ...
15th–16th century: Merchant flag: White quincunx on a square blue field . 17th–18th century: Portuguese Brazil coaster flag for ships with less than 15 pieces of artillery: Seven green horizontal stripes on white. 17th century: Merchant flag: White field with the Cross of the Order of Christ off-center to the mast side. 18th century century
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:15th-century Portuguese Jews and Category:15th-century Portuguese women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.