Timeline / 1000 to 1500 / PORTUGAL

Date Country | Description

1013 A.D. Portugal

Appearance of the first taifa kingdoms in al-Andalus.

1044 A.D. Portugal

Abbasid campaigns in the south. Conquest of Lisbon and Mértola.

1064 A.D. Portugal

Sisnando takes Coimbra.

1080 A.D. Portugal

Council of Burgos abolishes the Mozarabic rite in favour of the Roman rite.

1095 A.D. Portugal

Establishment of the Portucuese Counties.

1111 A.D. Portugal

Consolidation of Almoravid power in the southwest of the peninsula. Attack on Coimbra.

1128 A.D. Portugal

Battle of São Mamede. Afonso Henriques takes control of the Portucuese Counties.

1143 A.D. Portugal

Second taifas in al-Gharb. Afonso Henriques recognised as king at the Zamora Conference.

1147 A.D. Portugal

Conquest of Lisbon and Santarém.

1153 A.D. Portugal

Foundation of the abbey at Alcobaça.

1156 A.D. Portugal

Almohad dominance in the south.

1179 A.D. Portugal Date Country | Description

Pope Alexander III’s papal bull Manifestis Probatum recognises the king of Portugal.

1184 A.D. Portugal

Muslim attack on Santarém, resulting in the death of Abu Ya‘qub Yusuf.

1189 A.D. Portugal

King of Portugal attacks the Algarve region.

1217 A.D. Portugal

Conquest of Alcácer do Sal.

1249 A.D. Portugal

End of the Christian conquest of the west of the peninsula.

1297 A.D. Portugal

Treaty of Alcanises, which fixes the Portuguese border.

1348 A.D. Portugal

Black death.

1375 A.D. Portugal

King Ferdinand I promulgates the Sesmaria law on agriculture.

1385 A.D. Portugal

Battle of Aljubarrota. Beginning of the Avis Dynasty with John I.

1386 A.D. Portugal

Alliance between Portugal and England.

1415 A.D. Portugal

Start of Portuguese expansion in Morocco with the conquest of Ceuta.

1419 A.D. Portugal

Discovery of the Madeira archipelago.

1427 A.D. Portugal

Discovery of the Azores archipelago Date Country | Description

1456 A.D. Portugal

Discovery of the Cabo Verde archipelago.

1487 A.D. Portugal

Voyage of Bartolomeu Dias around the south of Africa to the Indian Ocean. On his return, he discovers Cape of Storms, renamed the Cape of Good Hope by John II.

1494 A.D. Portugal

Treaty of Tordesillas between the Catholic Kings and John II, dividing the world into two spheres of influence: the Portuguese part and the Spanish part.

1495 A.D. Portugal

Death of John II and ascension of Manuel I.

1496 A.D. Portugal

Expulsion of the Jews and the Muslims.

1497 A.D. Portugal

Vasco da Gama leaves for India.