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Portugal
Portugal, coat of arms
Adopted 30 Jun 1911
   Portugal, coat of arms of Kingdom (1830) - vector image
          1825-1910 
 
           1481-1825
   File:Shield of the Kingdom of Portugal (1385-1481).png
          1385-1481 
   File:Shield of the Kingdom of Portugal (1139-1247).png
          1180-1247
   File:Shield of the County of Portugal (1095-1139).png
         1093-1180
 

868 County of Porto

27 Jul 1139               Kingdom of Portugal

1471                      Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves

18 Jul 1580 - 30 Nov 1640 Union with the Spanish Crown

30 Nov 1807 - 30 Aug 1808 French occupation

24 Apr 1812               Final end of French occupation

16 Dec 1815               United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

13 May 1825               Kingdom of Portugal

05 Oct 1910               First Portuguese Republic

19 Jan      - 14 Feb 1919 Attempted monarchist restoration in Northern Portugal

28 May 1926               Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship)

19 Mar 1933               Estado Novo (New State)

25 Apr 1974               (Third) Portuguese Republic

01 Jan 1986               Accession to the EEC

 
Government: Parliamentary republic.
Capital: Lisbon.
Language: Portuguese, Mirandese.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
National Anthem: "A Portuguesa" (The Portuguese Song).
National Emblem: Quinas.
National Day: Republic Day, 5th October (1910).
National Motto: None.
EU Accession January 1st 1986.
Currency: Euro, Portuguese Escudo 1911-2001.
 
Monarchs
868-873 Vimara-Peres, Vimara Pérez, Count of Porto
873-900 Vimara-Peres, Lucidio
900-924 Vimara-Peres, Diogo
924-950 Vimara-Peres, Mendo I
950-999 Vimara-Peres, Gonçalo I Menédez
999-1008 Vimara-Peres, Mendo II Gonçalves
1008-1015 Vimara-Peres, Alvito
1017-1028 Vimara-Peres, Nuno I
1028-1050 Vimara-Peres, Mendo III Nuñez
1050-1071 Vimara-Peres, Nuno II Menédez
       1085 - 24 Apr 1112 Burgandi, Henrique, Count of Portugal
24 Apr 1112 - 06 Dec 1185 Burgandi, Alfonso I
                          (King from 1139)
06 Dec 1185 - 26 Mar 1211 Burgandi, Sancho I
26 Mar 1211 - 25 Mar 1223 Burgandi, Alfonso II "The Fat"
25 Mar 1223 - 04 Dec 1247 Burgandi, Sancho II
04 Jan 1248 - 16 Feb 1279 Burgandi, Alfonso III
16 Feb 1279 - 07 Jan 1325 Burgandi, Dinis "The Farmer"
07 Jan 1325 - 28 May 1357 Burgandi, Alfonso IV
28 May 1357 - 18 Jan 1367 Burgandi, Pedro I
18 Jan 1367 - 22 Oct 1383 Burgandi, Fernando I "The Gentil"
22 Oct 1383 - 21 Jul 1385 Burgandi, Beatriz
06 Apr 1385 - 14 Aug 1433 Aviz, João I "O Falso"
14 Aug 1433 - 09 Sep 1438 Aviz, Duate
09 Sep 1438 - 28 Aug 1481 Aviz, Alfonso V "The African"
28 Aug 1481 - 25 Oct 1495 Aviz, João II "The Perfect"
25 Oct 1495 - 13 Dec 1521 Aviz, Manoel I "The Fortunate"
13 Dec 1521 - 11 Jun 1557 Aviz, João III
11 Jun 1557 - 04 Aug 1578 Aviz, Sebastião
04 Aug 1578 - 31 Jan 1580 Aviz, Henrique II
24 Jul      - 25 Aug 1580 Aviz, António "The Fighter"
                          (in the Azores to 1581)
25 Aug 1580 - 16 Dec 1640 The Kings of Spain
15 Dec 1640 - 06 Nov 1656 Bragança, João IV "The Fortunate"
06 Nov 1656 - 12 Sep 1683 Bragança, Alfonso VI
12 Sep 1683 - 06 Nov 1706 Bragança, Pedro II
09 Dec 1706 - 31 Jul 1750 Bragança, João V "The Magnanimous"
31 Jul 1750 - 24 Feb 1777 Bragança, José I Emanuel
24 Feb 1777 - 20 Mar 1816 Bragança, Maria I "The Mad"
24 Feb 1777 - 25 May 1786 Bragança, Pedro III ......................... 1717-1786
20 Mar 1816 - 10 Mar 1826 Bragança, João VI ........................... 1767-1826
10 Mar      - 02 May 1826 Bragança, Pedro IV, Emperor of Brazil ....... 1798-1834
28 May 1826 - 07 Jul 1828 Bragança, Maria II da Gloria (1st Time) ..... 1819-1853
07 Jul 1828 - 26 May 1834 Bragança, Miguel I .......................... 1802-1866
26 May 1834 - 15 Nov 1853 Bragança, Maria II da Gloria (2nd Time)
16 Sep 1837 - 15 Nov 1853 Wettin, Fernando II ......................... 1816-1885
                          (co-ruler)
15 Nov 1853 - 11 Nov 1861 Wettin-Bragança, Pedro V .................... 1837-1861
11 Nov 1861 - 19 Oct 1889 Wettin-Bragança, Luís I ..................... 1838-1889
19 Oct 1889 - 01 Feb 1908 Wettin-Bragança, Carlos I ................... 1863-1908
01 Feb 1908 - 05 Oct 1910 Wettin-Bragança, Manuel II .................. 1889-1932 "The Unfortunate"
19 Jan      - 14 Feb 1919 Wettin-Bragança, Manuel II (in distance)
Presidents
05 Oct 1910 - 24 Aug 1911 Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga ............. 1843-1924
24 Aug 1911 - 25 May 1915 Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira
                           e Peyrelongue .............................. 1840-1917
06 Aug 1915 - 05 Dec 1917 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães ........... 1851-1944
                          (1st Time)
05 Dec 1917 - 14 Dec 1918 Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais .... 1872-1918
14 Dec 1918 - 05 Oct 1919 João do Canto e Castro Silva Antunes Júnior . 1864-1932
05 Oct 1919 - 05 Oct 1923 António José de Almeida ..................... 1866-1929
05 Oct 1923 - 11 Dec 1925 Manuel Teixeira Gomes ....................... 1860-1941
11 Dec 1925 - 31 May 1926 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães
                          (2nd Time)
01 Jun      - 17 Jun 1926 José Mendes Cabecadas Júnior ................ 1883-1965 Mil 
17 Jun      - 09 Jul 1926 Manuel de Olivira Gomes de Costa ............ 1863-1929 Mil
09 Jul 1926 - 18 Apr 1951 António Óscar de Fregoso Carmona ............ 1869-1951
18 Apr      - 21 Jul 1951 Dr António de Oliveira Salazar .............. 1889-1970
21 Jul 1951 - 09 Aug 1958 Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes ............. 1894-1964
09 Aug 1958 - 25 Apr 1974 Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás ............. 1894-1987
25 Apr      - 30 Sep 1974 António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spinola ........ 1910-1996
01 Oct 1974 - 13 Jul 1976 Fancisco da Costa Gomes ..................... 1914-2001
13 Jul 1976 - 09 Mar 1986 António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes  ........... 1935-
09 Mar 1986 - 09 Mar 1996 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares ............ 1924-
09 Mar 1996 - 09 Mar 2006 Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio ............ 1939-
09 Mar 2006 -             Aníbal António Cavaco Silva ................. 1939-
 
 
Prime Ministers
24 Sep 1834 - 27 May 1835 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
                           marquês e conde de Palmela
27 May      - 18 Nov 1835 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues
                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha
                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e
                             conde de Saldanha (1st Time) ............. 1790-1857
18 Nov 1835 - 20 Apr 1836 José Jorge Loureiro ......................... 1791-1860
20 Apr      - 10 Sep 1836 António José de Sousa Manuel
                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,
                            duque de Terceira, marquês
                             e conde de Vila-Flor (1st Time) .......... 1792-1860
10 Sep      - 04 Nov 1836 José Manuel Inacio da Cunha Faro
                           Meneses Portugal da Gama Carneira
                            e Sousa, conde de Lumiares ................ 1788-1849
04 Nov      - 05 Nov 1836 José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro,
                           marquês de Valença, conde de Vimioso ....... 1780-1840
05 Nov 1836 - 02 Jun 1837 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira ......... 1795-1876
                           (1st Time)
02 Jun      - 10 Aug 1837 António Dias de Oliveira .................... 1804-1863
10 Aug 1837 - 18 Apr 1839 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira
                           (2nd Time)
18 Apr      - 26 Sep 1839 Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro Pimental
                           de Almeida Carvalhais,
                            barão da Ribeira de Sousa ................. 1788-1841
26 Sep 1839 - 09 Jul 1841 José Lúcio Travassos Valdez,
                           conde e barão de Bonfim .................... 1787-1862
09 Jul 1841 - 07 Feb 1842 Joaquim António de Aguiar ................... 1792-1884
                          (1st Time)
07 Feb      - 09 Feb 1842 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
                           marquês e conde de Palmela
                           (2nd Time)
09 Feb 1842 - 20 May 1846 António José de Sousa Manuel
                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,
                            duque de Terceira, marquês
                             e conde de Vila-Flor (2nd Time)
20 May      - 06 Oct 1846 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
                           marquês e conde de Palmela
                           (3rd Time)
06 Oct 1846 - 18 Jun 1849 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues
                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha
                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e
                             conde de Saldanha (2nd Time)
18 Jun 1849 - 26 Apr 1851 António Bernardo da Costa Cabral,
                           conde de Tomar ............................. 1803-1889
26 Apr      - 01 May 1851 António José de Sousa Manuel
                            e Meneses Severim de Noronha,
                            duque de Terceira, marquês
                             e conde de Vila-Flor (3rd Time)
01 May 1851 - 06 Jun 1856 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues
                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha
                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e
                             conde de Saldanha (3rd Time)
06 Jun 1856 - 16 Mar 1859 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim
                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé
                            conde de Vale de Reis (1st Time) .......... 1804-1875
16 Mar 1859 - 01 May 1860 António José de Sousa Manuel
                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,
                            duque de Terceira, marquês
                             e conde de Vila-Flor (4th Time)
01 May      - 04 Jul 1860 Joaquim António de Aguiar
                          (2nd Time)
04 Jul 1860 - 17 Apr 1865 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim
                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé
                            conde de Vale de Reis (2nd Time)
17 Apr      - 04 Sep 1865 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira
                           (3rd Time)
04 Sep 1865 - 04 Jan 1868 Joaquim António de Aguiar
                          (3rd Time)
04 Jan      - 22 Jul 1868 António José de Ávila, conde de Ávila ....... 1806-1881
                          (1st Time)
22 Jul 1868 - 11 Aug 1869 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira
                           (4th Time)
11 Aug 1869 - 19 May 1870 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim
                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé
                            conde de Vale de Reis (3rd Time)
19 May      - 29 Aug 1870 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues
                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha
                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e
                             conde de Saldanha (4th Time)
30 Aug      - 29 Oct 1870 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira
                           (5th Time)
29 Oct 1870 - 13 Sep 1871 António José de Ávila, marquês de Ávila
                           e Bolama, conde de Ávila (2nd Time)
13 Sep 1871 - 06 Mar 1877 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo
                          (2nd Time)
06 Mar 1877 - 26 Jan 1878 António José de Ávila, marquês de Ávila
                           e Bolama, conde de Ávila (3rd Time)
26 Jan 1878 - 29 Mar 1879 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo
                          (2nd Time)
29 May 1879 - 23 Mar 1881 Anselmo José Braamcamp ...................... 1819-1885
23 Mar      - 14 Nov 1881 António Rodrigues Sampaio ................... 1806-1882
14 Nov 1881 - 16 Feb 1886 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo 
                          (3rd Time)
16 Feb 1886 - 14 Jan 1890 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real ... 1834-1914
                          (1st Time)
14 Jan      - 11 Oct 1890 António de Serpa Pimentel ................... 1825-1890
11 Oct 1890 - 18 Jan 1892 João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa ............ 1811-1895
18 Jan 1892 - 22 Feb 1893 José Dias Ferreira .......................... 1837-1909
22 Feb 1893 - 05 Feb 1897 Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro (1st Time) ... 1849-1907
05 Feb 1897 - 26 Jul 1900 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real
                          (2nd Time)
26 Jul 1900 - 20 Oct 1904 Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro  (2nd Time)
20 Oct 1904 - 19 Mar 1906 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real
                          (3rd Time)
19 Mar 1906 - 04 Feb 1908 João Franco Ferreira e Pinto Castelo Branco . 1855-1929
04 Feb      - 26 Dec 1908 Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral ........ 1844-1923
26 Dec 1908 - 11 Apr 1909 Arturo Alberto de Campos Henriques .......... 1853-1922
11 Apr      - 14 May 1909 Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles ........... 1847-1921
14 May      - 22 Dec 1909 Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima .......... 1858-1919
22 Dec 1909 - 26 Jun 1910 Francesco António de Veiga Beirão ........... 1841-1916
26 Jun      - 05 Oct 1910 António Teizeira de Sousa ................... 1857-1917
05 Oct 1910 - 03 Sep 1911 Joaquim Teofilo Fernandes Braga ............. (s.a)
03 Sep      - 12 Nov 1911 João Pinheiro Chagas ........................ 1863-1925
12 Nov 1911 - 16 Jun 1912 Augusto César de Almeida
                           Vasconcelos Correira ....................... 1867-1951
16 Jun 1912 - 09 Jan 1913 Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva ............... 1864-1950
09 Jan 1913 - 09 Feb 1914 Afonso Augusto da Costa (1st Time) .......... 1871-1937
09 Feb      - 12 Dec 1914 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães (1st Time). (s.a)
12 Dec 1914 - 28 Jan 1915 Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho ............. 1871-1955
28 Jan      - 14 May 1915 Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro ........... 1846-1918
17 May      - 29 Nov 1915 José Augusto Soares Ribeiros de Castro ...... 1848-1929
29 Nov 1915 - 16 Mar 1916 Afonso Augusto da Costa (2nd Time)
16 Mar 1916 - 25 Apr 1917 António José de Almeida ..................... (s.a)
25 Apr      - 08 Dec 1917 Afonso Augusto da Costa (3rd Time)
12 Dec 1917 - 14 Dec 1918 Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais .... (s.a)
23 Dec 1918 - 27 Jan 1919 João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa ............. 1883-1948
19 Jan      - 14 Feb 1919 Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro ......... 1861-1944
                          (for the Kingdom of Traulitania in opposition in Porto)
27 Jan      - 30 Mar 1919 José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas ............ 1858-1929
30 Mar      - 30 Jun 1919 Domingos Leite Pereira (1st Time) ........... 1882-1956
01 Jul 1919 - 21 Jan 1920 Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso ............... (s.a)
21 Jan      - 08 Mar 1920 Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd Time)
08 Mar      - 06 Jun 1920 António Maria Baptista ...................... 1866-1920
06 Jun      - 26 Jun 1920 José Ramos Preto (1st Time) ................. 1871-1949
26 Jun      - 19 Jul 1920 António Maria da Silva ...................... 1872-1950
19 Jul      - 20 Nov 1920 António Joaquim Granjo (1st Time) ........... 1881-1921
20 Nov      - 30 Nov 1920 Álvaro Xavier de Castro (1st Time) .......... 1878-1928
01 Dec 1920 - 02 Mar 1921 Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ............... 1880-1949
02 Mar      - 23 May 1921 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães ........... 1851-1944
23 May      - 30 Aug 1921 Tomé José de Barros Queirós ................. 1872-1925
30 Aug      - 19 Oct 1921 António Joaquim Granjo (2nd Time)
19 Oct      - 05 Nov 1921 Manoel Maria Coelho ......................... 1857-1943
05 Nov      - 16 Dec 1921 Carlos Henriques da Silva Maia .............. 1866-1932
16 Dec 1921 - 07 Feb 1922 Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal ............... 1888-1970
07 Feb 1922 - 15 Nov 1923 António Maria da Silva (2nd Time)
15 Nov      - 18 Dec 1923 António Ginestal Machado .................... 1873-1940
18 Dec 1923 - 07 Jul 1924 Alvaro Xavier de Castro (2nd Time)
07 Jul      - 22 Nov 1924 Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar .................... 1865-1938
22 Nov 1924 - 15 Feb 1925 José Domingues dos Santos ................... 1885-1958
15 Feb      - 01 Jul 1925 Vitorino Maximo de Carvalho Guimaraães ...... 1876-1957
01 Jul      - 01 Aug 1925 António Maria da Silva (3rd Time)
01 Aug      - 18 Dec 1925 Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd Time)
18 Dec 1925 - 30 May 1926 António Maria da Silva (4th Time)
30 May      - 19 Jun 1926 José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior ................ 1883-1965 Mil
19 Jun      - 09 Jul 1926 Manuel de Olivira Gomes de Costa ............ (s.a)     Mil
09 Jul 1926 - 18 Apr 1928 António Óscar Fragoso Carmona ............... 1869-1951 Mil
18 Apr 1928 - 08 Jul 1929 José Vicente de Freitas ..................... 1869-1952 Mil
08 Jul 1929 - 21 Jan 1930 Artur Ivens Ferraz .......................... 1870-1933 Mil
21 Jan 1930 - 05 Jul 1932 Domingos Augusto Alves da Costa e Oliveira .. 1873-1957
05 Jul 1932 - 25 Sep 1968 Dr António de Oliveira Salazar .............. (s.a)
25 Sep 1968 - 25 Apr 1974 Marcelo das Neves Alves Caetano ............. 1906-1980
16 May      - 18 Jul 1974 Adelino da Palma Carlos ..................... 1905-1992
18 Jul 1974 - 19 Sep 1975 Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves .................. 1922-2005
19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jun 1976 José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo ........... 1917-1983
23 Jun      - 23 Jul 1976 Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa .... 1932-2010
23 Jul 1976 - 28 Aug 1978 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1st Time) . (s.a)
28 Aug      - 22 Nov 1978 Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa ................ 1923-1996
22 Nov 1978 - 31 Jul 1979 Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto ................ 1936-1985
01 Aug 1979 - 03 Jan 1980 Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva
                           de Matos Pintasilgo ........................ 1930-2004
03 Jan      - 04 Dec 1980 Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro ... 1934-1980
04 Dec 1980 - 09 Jan 1981 Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral ............ 1941-
09 Jan 1981 - 09 Jun 1983 Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão ....... 1937-
09 Jun 1983 - 06 Nov 1985 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (2nd Time)
06 Nov 1985 - 28 Oct 1995 Aníbal António Cavaco Silva ................. (s.a)
28 Oct 1995 - 06 Apr 2002 António Manuel de Oliveira Guterros ......... 1949-
06 Apr 2002 - 17 Jul 2004 José Manuel Durão Barroso ................... 1956-
17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes ............... 1956-
12 Mar 2005 - 21 Jun 2011 José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa ....... 1957-
21 Jun 2011 -             Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho ........... 1964-
 

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