timeline of portugal

  • moved lisbon from moors
    Oct 8, 1147

    moved lisbon from moors

    kind Alfonso takes Lisbon from the moors and adjusts the border to the line with the river Tagus.
  • Period: 1348 to 1349

    the black death

    the black death has a devastating toll on the Portuguese.
  • cape of good hope
    May 29, 1488

    cape of good hope

    Portuguese explorers Bartolomeu dies become first European navigator to round the cape of good hope.
  • killing 77,000

    killing 77,000

    an earthquake devastates the area in and around Lisbon, killing around 77,000
  • kingdom formed

    kingdom formed

    the Portugal and Brazil ls kingdom is formed.
  • slaves banned

    slaves banned

    the shipping of slaves from Angola is banned.
  • world one

    world one

    Portugal fights on the side of the allied troops.
  • warfare

    warfare

    guerrilla warfare begins in several of Portugal colonies in Africa.
  • bombed

    bombed

    the Portuguese embassy in the Hague bombed
  • Adopts

    Adopts

    portugal adopts the Euro