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This is a '''historical timeline of [[Portugal]]'s Second Dynasty.'''
{{History of Portugal}}
==Second Dynasty: Aviz==
===14th century===
*1385
**April – '''[[João I of Portugal]]''' acclaimed king by the Portuguese; [[Crown of Castile|Castilians]] do not accept this claim.
**August 14 – [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: João I defeats the Castilians and secures the throne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battle of Aljubarrota {{!}} Portugal [1385] {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aljubarrota |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1386 - [[Treaty of Windsor 1386|Treaty of Windsor]], an alliance between [[England]] and Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Treaty of Windsor {{!}} British-Portugal {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Windsor |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1394 – [[Henry the Navigator]], son of king [[João I of Portugal]], is born.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Mark |title=Prince Henry the Navigator |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Prince_Henry_the_Navigator/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry the Navigator {{!}} Biography, Facts, Achievements, & Importance {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-the-Navigator |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
===15th century===
*1415 – João I conquers the city of [[Ceuta]] in northern Africa.
*1419 – [[Madeira Islands]] discovered by [[João Gonçalves Zarco]] and [[Tristão Vaz Teixeira]].
*1427 – [[Azores|Azores Islands]] discovered by Diogo Silves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vikings in paradise: Were the Norse the first to settle the Azores? |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/vikings-paradise-were-norse-first-settle-azores |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}</ref>
*1433 – '''[[Duarte of Portugal]]''' becomes king.
*1434 – [[Gil Eanes]] crosses the Bojador Cape: exploration of the African coast begins.
*1438 – '''[[Afonso V of Portugal]]''' becomes king.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afonso V {{!}} king of Portugal {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Afonso-V |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1444/1460 – discovery and settling of [[Cape Verde]] islands.
*1481 – '''[[João II of Portugal]]''' becomes king.
*1483 – João II executes Fernando, the third [[Duke of Braganza]], and Diogo, the Duke of Viseu, putting an end to high nobility conspiracies.
*1484 – [[Diogo Cão]] discovers the [[Congo River]].
*1491 – [[Bartolomeu Dias]] becomes the first European captain to cross the [[Cape of Good Hope]].
*1494 – The [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] signed between [[Spain]] and Portugal, dividing the colonisable world in two halves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jun 7, 1494 CE: Treaty of Tordesillas {{!}} National Geographic Society |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/treaty-tordesillas |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=education.nationalgeographic.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Mark |title=Treaty of Tordesillas |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Treaty_of_Tordesillas/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref>
*1495 – '''[[Manuel I of Portugal]]''' becomes king.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel I {{!}} king of Portugal {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manuel-I |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*1498 – [[Vasco da Gama]] reaches [[India]] through navigation around [[Africa]].
===16th century===
*1500
**[[Easter|Easter Day]] – [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] discovers the already inhabited [[Brazil]].
**[[Diogo Dias]] discovered an island they named after St Lawrence after the saint on whose feast day they had first sighted the island later known as [[Madagascar]]
**Manuel I orders expulsion or conversion of the Portuguese [[Jew]]s.
***[[Gaspar Corte-Real]] made his first voyage to Newfoundland, formerly known as Terras Corte-Real.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
*1502 - [[Miguel Corte-Real]] set out for New England in search of his brother, Gaspar.
**João da Nova discovered [[Ascension Island]].
**[[Fernão de Noronha]] discovered the island which still bears his name.
*1503 - On his return from the East,  Estevão da Gama discovered [[Saint Helena|Saint Helena Island]].
*1506 - [[Tristão da Cunha]] discovered the island that bears his name. Portuguese sailors landed on [[Madagascar]].
*1509 - The [[Gulf of Bengal]] crossed by [[Diogo Lopes Sequeira]]. On the crossing he also reached [[Malacca]].
*1510 - Conquest of [[Goa]] by [[Afonso de Albuquerque]].
*1511 - Conquest of Malacca by [[Afonso de Albuquerque]].
*1512 - [[António de Abreu]] discovered [[Timor|Timor island]] and reached [[Banda Islands]], [[Ambon Island]] and [[Seram]]. [[Francisco Serrão]] reached the [[Moluccas]].
*1513 - The first trading ship to touch the coasts of [[China]], under [[Jorge Álvares]] and  [[Rafael Perestrello]] later in the same year.
*1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque captures the [[Ormus|Kingdom of Hormuz]].
*1517 - [[Fernão Pires de Andrade]] and [[Tomé Pires]] were chosen by [[Manuel I of Portugal]] to sail to China to formally open relations between the Portuguese Empire and the [[Ming Dynasty]] during the reign of the [[Zhengde Emperor]].
*1521 – '''[[João III of Portugal]]''' becomes king.
**[[António Correia (admiral)|António Correia]] captures [[Bahrain]], which is under Portuguese rule until 1602.
*1526 - [[Jorge de Meneses]] reaches [[New Guinea]] for the first time.
*1542 – Portuguese explorers [[Fernão Mendes Pinto]], Francisco Zeimoto and [[António Mota (explorer)|António Mota]] are the first Europeans to land in [[History of Japan|Japan]].
*1557- [[Macau]] given to Portugal by the [[Emperor of China]] as a reward for services rendered against the [[Pirate|pirates]] who infested the [[South China Sea]].
**'''[[Sebastião of Portugal]]''' becomes king.
*1568 – King [[Sebastião of Portugal]] comes of age and takes control of government.
*1569
**[[pandemic|Plague]] epidemic in Portugal. 60,000 people die in [[Lisbon]] alone.
**[[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]], is open to Portuguese traders.
*1570
**[[Luís de Camões]] returns to [[Lisbon]] from the [[Orient]].
**[[Goa]], in [[Portuguese India]], is attacked by a coalition of Indian forces, but these are defeated by Portuguese Vice-Roy [[Luís de Ataíde, Count of Atouguia]].
*1578
**Portuguese troops utterly defeated in Africa, in the [[battle of Alcácer Quibir]] ; king Sebastião disappears in the battle never to be seen again.
**'''Cardinal [[Henrique I of Portugal]]''' becomes king.
*1579 - ''Cortes'' in [[Lisbon]].
*1580
**''Cortes'' in [[Almeirim]].
**King Cardinal [[Henrique I of Portugal]] dies.
==See also==
*[[History of Portugal]]
*[[Timeline of Portuguese history]]
**[[Timeline of Portuguese history (First Dynasty)|First Dynasty: Burgundy (12th to 14th century)]]
**[[Timeline of Portuguese history (Third Dynasty)|Third Dynasty: Habsburg (Spanish rule) (16th to 17th century)]]
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