By Tim Lambert
30,000 BC Stone Age hunters live in Portugal
5,000 BC Farming is introduced to Portugal
2,000 BC Bronze is introduced into Portugal
700 BC Celts enter Portugal bringing iron with them. Meanwhile, the Phoenicians trade with Portugal.
600 BC The Greeks trade with Portugal
210 BC The Romans invade the Iberian Peninsula
409 AD Roman rule collapses and Germanic people invade the Iberian Peninsula
585 AD A people called the Visigoths conquer Portugal
711 Moors invade the Iberian Peninsula. They conquer southern Portugal.
c 1050 A Visigoth state grows in northern Portugal
1147 The people of northern Portugal capture Lisbon
1179 Portugal is recognized as a kingdom by Papal diplomats
1211 The first Cortes of parliament meets
1290 The first University in Portugal is founded
1348 The Black Death reaches Portugal
1386 Portugal makes an alliance with England
1415 The Portuguese capture Ceuta in Morocco
1427 The Portuguese discover the Azores
1488 Bartolomeu Dias sails around the Cape of Good Hope
1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India
1510 The Portuguese take Goa in India
1531 The Inquisition is introduced into Portugal
1580 Spain annexes Portugal
1640 Portugal becomes independent
1703 Portugal signed a trade treaty, the Methuen Treaty with England
1750 The Marques de Pombal became the king’s chief minister
1755 Lisbon is devastated by an earthquake
1807 The French invade Portugal
1811 The French are driven out of Portugal
1820 A revolution takes place in Portugal
1828 Miguel becomes king of Portugal. He rules as an absolute monarch.
1834 After a rebellion Pedro becomes king
1838 A new constitution is introduced in Portugal
1846-47 Civil War in Portugal
1910 A revolution takes place in Portugal
1932 Salazar becomes prime minister (and dictator) of Portugal
1968 Salazar resigns
1974 After the Carnation Revolution democracy is restored
1986 Portugal joins the EU
1999 Portugal joins the Euro
2006 Anibal Cavaco Silva becomes president of Portugal
