Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1789 establishments in the Portuguese Empire (1 C) B. 1789 in Brazil (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 26 February 2019, at 20:52 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The history of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, from the First Treaty of San Ildefonso and the beginning of the reign of Queen Maria I in 1777, to the end of the Liberal Wars in 1834, spans a complex historical period in which several important political and military events led to the end of the absolutist regime and to the installation of a constitutional monarchy in the country.
Category: 1789 in Portugal. ... 1789 in the Portuguese Empire (2 C) This page was last edited on 24 February 2019, at 14:36 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; Page information; Get shortened URL; Download QR code
1789 in the Portuguese Empire (2 C) 1789 in Prussia (1 P) R. ... Pages in category "1789 by country" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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 ...
From 1534 to 1536, 15 Captaincy colonies were created in Portuguese America. The captaincies were autonomous, and mostly private, colonies of the Portuguese Empire, each owned and run by a Captain-major. In 1549, due to their failure and limited success, the Captaincy Colonies of Brazil were united into the Governorate General of Brazil. The ...
The Portuguese empire pushed further south and proceeded to discover Timor in 1512. Jorge de Meneses discovered New Guinea in 1526, naming it the "Island of the Papua". [65] In 1517, João da Silveira commanded a fleet to Chittagong, [66] and by 1528, the Portuguese had established a settlement in Chittagong. [67]