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12 SHARED EVENTSPortugal

Entangled histories

12 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · ESP LEFT · PRT RIGHT

1. 1578

   Disaster at Alcacer Quibir

   King Sebastian was killed leading a crusade into Morocco, triggering the succession crisis that opened the way to Spanish rule.

   War & Rupture · from the Portugal chronicle · The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration · REFS 1 — History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640

2. 1580-1581

   Iberian Union under Philip II

   Philip II of Spain occupied Portugal and was accepted as king by the Cortes at Tomar in 1581, uniting the two crowns for sixty years.

   Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration · REFS 1 — History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640

3. Apr 1581

   Oath of Tomar

   Philip II of Spain was acclaimed Philip I of Portugal at the Cortes of Tomar, promising to keep Portugal's laws, offices and institutions and creating a Council of Portugal: a union of crowns, not an annexation.

   Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration · REFS 2 — O Juramento de Tomar, History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640

4. 1668

   Spain recognises independence

   By the Treaty of Lisbon, Spain at last acknowledged Portuguese sovereignty, ending the war of Restoration begun in 1640.

   Independence · from the Portugal chronicle · The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration · REFS 2 — History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640, History of Portugal

5. 1801 / 1815

   The Olivenca dispute

   Spain occupied Olivenca in 1801 and acquired it by the Treaty of Badajoz; the Congress of Vienna recommended its return to Portugal in 1815, but the sovereignty remains contested.

   War & Rupture · from the Portugal chronicle · Republic, Dictatorship, Revolution and Europe · REFS 2 — Written question on the Olivenca issue (Portugal/Spain) and the Ajuda Bridge, E-1298/2003, Treaty of Alcanices (1297)

6. 6 Jun 1801

   Treaty of Badajoz: Olivenza passes to Spain

   After the War of the Oranges Portugal ceded Olivenza to Spain. Spain holds the treaty valid and never revoked; Portugal holds that it was voided by Spain's 1807 invasion and Article 105 of the Congress of Vienna.

   War & Rupture · from the Spain chronicle · Decline, the Bourbons and the Napoleonic Crisis · REFS 1 — Olivenza

7. 1808-1814

   The Peninsular War

   British, Portuguese and Spanish forces fought the French in the Iberian Peninsula, eventually expelling Napoleon's armies from Portugal and Spain.

   War & Rupture · from the Portugal chronicle · Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil · REFS 1 — Peninsular War

8. 1814

   End of the Peninsular War

   Allied Spanish, British and Portuguese forces expelled the French and restored Spanish independence, but the returning Ferdinand VII reimposed absolute monarchy and revoked the 1812 constitution.

   War & Rupture · from the Spain chronicle · Decline, the Bourbons and the Napoleonic Crisis · REFS 1 — Spain

9. 29 Sep 1864

   Treaty of Lisbon ends the Couto Misto

   The three-village semi-independent Couto Misto on the Galician border was divided: Spain took the three villages and Portugal received Soutelinho da Raia, Cambedo and Lama de Arcos.

   Politics & Power · from the Spain chronicle · Loss of Empire, Republic and Civil War · REFS 1 — The forgotten country that existed between Spain and Portugal

10. 29 Sep 1864

    Treaty of Lisbon ends the Couto Misto

    The three-village semi-independent Couto Misto on the Galician border was divided: Spain took the three villages and Portugal received Soutelinho da Raia, Cambedo and Lama de Arcos.

    Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil · REFS 1 — The forgotten country that existed between Spain and Portugal

11. 1 Jan 1986

    Accession to the European Communities

    Portugal joined the European Communities on 1 January 1986, together with Spain, anchoring its democracy in European integration.

    Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · Republic, Dictatorship, Revolution and Europe · REFS 1 — Portugal (EU member country profile)

12. 2013

    The Savage Islands maritime dispute

    Spain disputed the exclusive economic zone Portugal claims around the Savage Islands, contending that the islets are rocks under the law of the sea, an issue examined in US State Department maritime studies.

    Politics & Power · from the Portugal chronicle · Republic, Dictatorship, Revolution and Europe · REFS 1 — Limits in the Seas No. 155, Portugal: Maritime Claims and Boundaries