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23 February: German ships seized at Lisbon; Germany subsequently declares war on Portugal, which officially enters World War I. Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum opens. [22]
The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its ...
During the Peninsular War, (1807–1814) Napoleon's forces began a four-year occupation of the city in December 1807, and Lisbon descended with the rest of the country into anarchy. After the war ended in 1814, a new constitution was proclaimed and Brazil was granted independence.
For the next 60 years, the city was run by the dual Spanish-Portuguese throne, until the Portuguese Restoration War returned independence to Portugal. The revolution began with a coup organised by the city's nobility and was a major milestone in the history of Lisbon.
Jun 24, 2024 · On 16 June 1147, 164 ships carrying 6,000 English, 5,000 German, and 2,000 Flemish crusaders put in to Porto to escape a storm. Afonso Henriques, self-proclaimed King of Portugal, asked them to join his own personal crusade to capture Lisbon from the Muslims.
Sep 15, 2023 · He led the army when Portugal was fighting for survival against Castile in the 1383–85 war, and helped put João on the throne. He also won a major victory over the Castilians at Aljubarrota in 1385, with the help of English longbowmen, defeating a much bigger army.
May 28, 2024 · The Muslims of North Africa ( Moors) took Lisbon when they overran the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century; they stayed for 433 years, despite incursions by the Normans and by Alfonso VI of Castile and León in 1093. Under the Moors the city was known by variations of the name “Lisbon”: Luzbona, Lixbuna, Ulixbone, and Olissibona.
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