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1993 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81

1992 Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83

1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete

1984 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41

1978 Portuguese President Eanes fires premier Soares

1978 Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author (Presenea), dies at 76

1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government

1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president

1976 Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor

1976 Portuguese constitution assumed

1975 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases

1975 Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor

1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule

1973 MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya

1972 Luis Figo, Portuguese Athlete

1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed

1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tome

1964 Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/president (1951-58), dies at 70

1963 Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization

1963 Jose Mourinho, Portuguese Coach

1961 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu

1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies

1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die

1961 Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300

1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria

1952 Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61

1943 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist

1942 Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts'

1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82

1939 Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese Politician

1936 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, dies at 76

1935 Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47

1935 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)

1927 Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated

1926 Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup

1926 Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58

1924 Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet

1924 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80

1921 Amilcar Cabral, worked for independence of Portuguese Africa

1921 Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel

1919 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet, Reino da Estupidez

1913 Alvaro Cunhal, Portuguese communist

1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21

1911 Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government

1911 Portuguese expel Jesuits

1908 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter, Infinite Passage

1908 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46

1908 Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55

1907 Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author

1907 Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne

1906 Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama

1901 Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author, Presenea

1900 Jose de Queiros, Portuguese writer (Bullock Maias), dies at 54

1900 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32

1894 Francisco H. Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general and president, 1951-58

1891 Antera Tarquinis de Quental, Portuguese poet/revolutionary, dies at 49

1891 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner

1888 Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet, Mensagem

1888 Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet

1888 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

1886 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67

1886 Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40

1884 British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II

1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii

1867 Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet, China

1867 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet, Lonely

1862 Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet, Bailatas

1861 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer, Os Meus Amores

1859 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro

1852 Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/songwriter

1850 Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese poet, Simple Ones

1846 Antonio C. G. Crespo, Brazilian and Portuguese poet

1845 Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Queiros, Portuguese author, Contos

1843 [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician

1839 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88

1834 Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates

1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67

1819 Filinto Elisio, do Nascimento, Portuguese poet, dies at 84

1818 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio

1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, Sonnets from the Portuguese

1799 Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68

1799 Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright

1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54

1770 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42

1750 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet

1741 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet, O Uraguai

1734 Filinto Elisio, Francisco M do Nascimento, Portuguese poet

1731 Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet, O Falso Heroismo

1728 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet

1723 Mariana Alcoforado, nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63

1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty

1666 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57

1665 Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain

1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain

1661 King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca

1659 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish

1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife

1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54

1644 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, Poinset, Portuguese theologist, dies at 54

1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)

1616 Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74

1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese

1608 Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author, Epanaforas

1608 Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher

1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet

1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen

1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic

1590 English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag

1589 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, Poinset, Portuguese theologist

1580 Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies

1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed

1573 Andre de Resende, Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies

1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope

1549 Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan

1524 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55

1522 Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas

1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines

1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies

1502 Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena

1502 Damiao de Gois, Portuguese humanist scholar

1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro

1501 Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon

1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns

1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope

1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies

1402 Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint

1394 Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery

1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence


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