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Events relating to the portuguese empire
The Dutch expel the Portuguese from their trading posts in Malacca
After a six-month siege, the Dutch capture Colombo from the Portuguese in Sri Lanka
The Dutch expel the Portuguese from the last of their trading posts in Sri Lanka
England's East India Company is granted a lease on Bombay by Charles II, who has received it from his Portuguese bride
A fleet from Oman evicts the Portuguese from Mombasa and Zanzibar
The capital of the Portuguese colony of Brazil is moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro
Tiradentes (the 'puller of teeth') leads the first rebellion against Portuguese rule in Brazil
The Brazilian rebel Tiradentes is beheaded in public in Rio de Janeiro as a warning to would-be revolutionaries
Brazil is given equal standing with Portugal, forming together the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil
The 22-year-old Portuguese prince, Dom Pedro, is made regent of Brazil
The Portuguese regent, Dom Pedro, proclaims the independence of Brazil and three months later is crowned emperor, as Pedro I
The Portuguese ban the shipping of slaves from the coast of Angola
Slavery is finally made illegal in the Portuguese empire
The imperial government in China formally acknowledges Portuguese territorial rights in Macao
The MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) is formed as a guerrilla movement to end Portuguese rule
Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique
UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi, joins the fight for Angolan independence
Portuguese Guinea becomes independent as Guinea-Bissau, with Luís Cabral as president
Portuguese East Africa becomes independent as Mozambique, with Frelimo as the only political party
The Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa, become independent as the republic of Cape Verde
The island of Macau reverts from Portuguese ownership to the People's Republic of China
