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Actas Xiv Simpósio de História Marítima: Ceuta e a Expansão Portuguesa. Campos, Nuno Silva (2018). D. Pedro de Meneses e a construção da Casa de Vila Real (1415–1437). Publicações do Cidehus. Campos, Nuno Silva (2015). GUERRA E CORSO EM CEUTA DURANTE A CAPITANIA DE D. PEDRO DE MENESES (1415–1437). ACTAS XIV SIMPÓSIO DE HISTÓRIA ...
Portuguese presence in Africa started in 1415 with the conquest of Ceuta and is generally viewed as ending in 1975, with the independence of its later colonies, although the present autonomous region of Madeira is located in the African Plate, some 650 km (360 mi) off the North African coast, Madeira belongs and has always belonged ethnically, culturally, economically and politically to Europe ...
The unification of the peninsula had long been a goal of the region's monarchs with the intent of restoring the Visigothic monarchy. [8] The history of Portugal from the dynastic crisis in 1578 to the first Braganza Dynasty monarchs was a period of transition. The Portuguese Empire's spice trade was peaking at the start of this period.
Today, Portuguese is one of the world's major languages, ranked sixth overall with approximately 240 million speakers around the globe. [223] It is the third most spoken language in the Americas, mainly due to Brazil, although there are also significant communities of Lusophones in nations such as Canada, the US and Venezuela.
In 1297, King Dinis of Portugal took personal interest in the development of exports and organized the export of surplus production to European countries. On May 10, 1293, he instituted a maritime insurance fund for Portuguese traders living in the County of Flanders, which were to pay certain sums according to tonnage, accrued to them when necessary.
Salvador de Sá, leader of Rio de Janeiro, persuaded by the Jesuits in Brazil, also declares for King João and responds to the Angolan appeal. 1644: Elvas withstands a nine-day siege by Spanish troops. 1648: The Portuguese from Brazil under Salvador de Sá land in Angola, expel the Dutch and restore the African colony to Portugal. 1654
Emergency surgery to relieve a cranial hemorrhage has raised questions in Brazil over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's short-term agenda - and the vacuum he would leave on the left if he does ...
Cisplatina (today's sovereign state of Uruguay), in the south, was one of the last additions to the territory of Brazil under Portuguese rule. Brazilian independence was recognized in 1825, whereby Emperor Pedro I granted to his father the titular honour of Emperor of Brazil. John VI's death in 1826 caused serious questions in his succession.