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in Portugal, Alfonso Henriques defeats his mother and his Galician supporters (from the Casa de Traba) in the Battle of San Mamede, and takes over the government, which produces the de facto independence of Portugal.
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in the province of Zamora the Treaty of Alcañices is signed, by which the towns of Aracena and Aroche (Huelva), held by Portugal, pass definitively to the Crown of Castile.
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alliance between Portugal and England by the Treaty of Windsor.
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the Treaty of Alcáçovas was signed, in which Portugal handed over to Castile, the Canary Islands in exchange for possessions in West Africa.
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Brazil passes into the domain of Portugal.
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Seville (Spain) set sail the expedition sent by the Portuguese Magallanes, who would discover the passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and would end up giving the first round the world, demonstrating the sphericity of the Earth.
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On May 6, 1542, St. Francis Xavier arrives in Goa to develop his evangelizing work, at the request of John III, King of Portugal.
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in Portugal, the last ship of the Spanish Armada Involved sails from Lisbon to the English Channel, where it will be destroyed.
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in Portugal, at 10:16 (local time) an earthquake of magnitude 8.7-9.0 on the Richter seismological scale completely destroys the city of Lisbon. The resulting tsunami drowns the survivors. Between 70,000 and 100,000 people die.
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in Portugal, Marshal Saldanha Oliveira (82 years old), invades with some soldiers the palace of Ajuda and forces the king to appoint him president of the Government.
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in Porto, Portugal, the soccer Clube do Porto was founded.
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in Portugal, a ruling of the Constitutional Court recognizes women's right to vote.
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in Portugal, the Government is overthrown.
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the Luz Stadium was inaugurated in Lisbon (Portugal).
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in Portugal, more than 3000 firefighters and 400 soldiers try to control 20 fires that devastate the center and the north of the country.
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in Portugal Real Madrid wins its tenth UEFA Champions League cup
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A total solar eclipse is seen in the northwest Atlantic Ocean (Spain, Portugal, etc.).
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Portugal qualify for the World Cup in Russia
