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Events relating to portugal
The Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil on the approach of a French army led by Jean-Andoche Junot
A British army under Arthur Wellesley (later duke of Wellington) defeats the French at Vimeiro, near Lisbon
British commander Arthur Wellesley builds the lines of Torres Vedras, to defend the promontory leading south to Lisbon
Brazil is given equal standing with Portugal, forming together the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil
The Cortes in Lisbon passes a liberal constitution which they persuade the king, John VI, to accept
The Portuguese prince Dom Miguel briefly topples his father, John VI, from the throne
Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, inherits the throne of Portugal (as Pedro IV) but continues to rule from Brazil
Dom Miguel swears allegiance to his brother, the Portuguese king Pedro IV, and becomes regent
Dom Miguel betrays his allegiance to his brother Pedro IV and usurps the Portuguese throne in a bloodless coup
Pedro IV removes his usurping brother Dom Miguel from the Portuguese throne and restores it to his daughter, Maria II
The Portuguese ban the shipping of slaves from the coast of Angola
Slavery is finally made illegal in the Portuguese empire
The king of Portugal, Carlos I, and his heir, Luis Filipe, are shot as they ride in an open carriage in Lisbon
A republican revolution in Portugal deposes Manuel II, bringing to an end the Braganza dynasty and the Portuguese monarchy
Calouste Gulbenkian earns his nickname – Mr Five Percent – from the share he receives for negotiating oil deals in the Ottoman empire
The new republican government of Portugal offers Britain support in the war
A coup in Portugal brings in a military dictatorship, in which general António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona soon emerges as the leader
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes prime minister of Portugal with dictatorial powers
Spain and Portugal declare that they will maintain their neutrality in the European war that now seems inevitable
Antonio de Salazar, the Portuguese dictator, suffers a stroke and is replaced by Marcelo Caetano
A military coup in Portugal ends four decades of Salazar's and Caetano's dictatorial New State
The independence of Angola is established in the Alvor agreement between Portugal and three rival guerrilla groups, the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA
Portugal adopts a democratic constitution after 43 years of dicatorship
Mario Soares becomes Portugal's first democratically elected prime minister in half a century
The island of Macau reverts from Portuguese ownership to the People's Republic of China
