State

Portuguese Empire

global empire centered in Portugal (1415–1999)

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1415–1945
Founded
1415
Ended
1999
Capital
Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro
Government
monarchy, republic, absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy
Languages
Portuguese
Religion
Catholicism
Succeeded by
Portugal

Overview

The Portuguese Empire was the first and longest lasting of the European colonial empires. Initiated during the Age of Discovery, at one point territories included parts of the Americas and Africa, along with ports and trading posts throughout Asia and Oceania.

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Records (120)

  1. 1502 — Battle of TangierBattle
  2. 1504 — Battle of PandaraneBattle
  3. 1505 — Battle of MombasaBattle
  4. 1506 — Siege of AnjadivaSiege
  5. 1507 — Battle of SocotraBattle
  6. 1509–1641 — Malay-Portuguese WarWar
  7. 1509 — Portuguese-Turkish WarWar
  8. 1509 — Battle of DabulBattle
  9. 1510 — Battle of Salt RiverBattle
  10. 1510 — Capture of Castelo RealBattle
  11. 1511 — Capture of MalaccaBattle
  12. 1513 — Siege of AdenSiege
  13. 1514 — Battle of TednestBattle
  14. 1515–1516 — Igala–Benin WarWar
  15. 1517 — Siege of JeddahNaval battle
  16. 1517 — Battle of ZeilaBattle
  17. 1517 — Siege of GoaSiege
  18. 1521 — Portuguese invasion of BahrainInvasion
  19. 1521 — Attack on BintanBattle
  20. 1523 — Battle of al-ShihrBattle
  21. 1523–1524 — Luso–Bijapuri WarWar
  22. 1528 — Battle of MombasaBattle
  23. 1528 — Battle of AcehNaval battle
  24. 1529 — Treaty of ZaragozaTreaty
  25. 1529–1543 — Ethiopian–Adal WarWar
  26. 1529 — Siege of BahrainSiege
  27. 1534 — Battle of MalaccaNaval battle
  28. 1536 — Battle of UgentanaBattle
  29. 1536 — Battle of TidoreBattle
  30. 1538–1557 — Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560War
  31. 1538 — Siege of DiuSiege
  32. 1538 — Battle of BeadalaBattle
  33. 1541 — Battle of SuakinBattle
  34. 1541 — Battle of El TorBattle
  35. 1541 — Battle of MassawaBattle
  36. 1542 — Battle of WoflaBattle
  37. 1542 — Battle of BaçenteBattle
  38. 1542 — Battle of JarteBattle
  39. 1542 — Battle of the Hill of the JewsBattle
  40. 1543 — Battle of Wayna DagaBattle
  41. 1544 — Vitthala's Invasion of Fishery CoastInvasion
  42. 1547 — Battle of Perlis RiverNaval battle
  43. 1547–1548 — Luso–Bijapuri WarWar
  44. 1548 — Capture of AdenBattle
  45. 1548 — Battle of al-ShihrBattle
  46. 1549 — Battle of VedalaiBattle
  47. 1551 — Siege of MalaccaSiege
  48. 1551 — Siege of QatifSiege
  49. 1551 — Battle of Bab al-MandabNaval battle
  50. 1552 — Capture of MuscatSiege
  51. 1552–1554 — Ottoman campaign against HormuzCampaign
  52. 1552 — Siege of HormuzSiege
  53. 1553 — Battle of the Strait of HormuzNaval battle
  54. 1553 — Battle of PunnaikayalBattle
  55. 1554 — Battle of the Gulf of OmanNaval battle
  56. 1555–1557 — Luso–Bijapuri WarWar
  57. 1558 — Siege of SanthomeSiege
  58. 1560 — 1560 Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdomInvasion
  59. 1560 — Battle of KamaranNaval battle
  60. 1570–1571 — Siege of ChaulSiege
  61. 1571 — Siege of HonavarSiege
  62. 1573 — Siege of MalaccaSiege
  63. 1574 — Siege of MalaccaSiege
  64. 1575 — Siege of MalaccaSiege
  65. 1581 — Capture of MuscatBattle
  66. 1581 — Siege of DamanSiege
  67. 1586 — Battle of JohorNaval battle
  68. 1587 — Siege of JohorSiege
  69. 1587–1588 — Siege of ColomboSiege
  70. 1591 — 1591 portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdomInvasion
  71. 1605 — Capture of AmboinaBattle
  72. 1607 — Siege of MozambiqueSiege
  73. 1608 — Siege of MozambiqueSiege
  74. 1614 — Capture of CambarãoSiege
  75. 1615 — Battle of Formoso RiverNaval battle
  76. 1617–1621 — Tupinambás UprisingRebellion
  77. 1619 — Battle of VannarapannaiBattle
  78. 1622 — Battle of MacauNaval battle
  79. 1629 — Battle of Duyon RiverNaval battle
  80. 1629 — Sinking of the FlensborgNaval battle
  81. 1630 — Battle of RadenivelaBattle · Kingdom of Kandy ▸ Portugal
  82. 1632 — Siege of HooghlySiege
  83. 1633 — Capture of JulfarBattle
  84. 1633–1643 — Siege of SoharSiege
  85. 1638–1639 — Siege of DamanSiege
  86. 1638 — Battle of GannoruwaBattle · Kingdom of Kandy ▸ Portugal, Indian mercenaries, African mercenaries
  87. 1639 — Action of 30 September 1639Naval battle
  88. 1640–1641 — Siege of MalaccaSiege
  89. 1648 — Battle of LuandaBattle · Portugal ▸ Netherlands
  90. 1649–1650 — Capture of MuscatSiege
  91. 1652 — Battle of ZanzibarBattle · Oman ▸ Portugal
  92. 1654–1655 — Luso-Adil Shahi WarWar
  93. 1654 — Action of 2 May 1654Naval battle
  94. 1654 — Action of 23 March 1654Naval battle
  95. 1658 — Battle of MannarBattle
  96. 1659 — Battle of MargãoBattle
  97. 1666–1681 — Johor-Jambi warWar
  98. 1692–1693 — Mughal–Portuguese WarWar
  99. 1694 — Battle of DamanNaval battle
  100. 1696–1698 — Siege of MombasaSiege
  101. 1696 — Battle of MamoraNaval battle
  102. 1704 — Battle of SuratNaval battle
  103. 1729–1732 — Maratha–Portuguese WarWar
  104. 1735–1737 — Siege of Colonia del SacramentoSiege
  105. 1739 — Battle of VasaiSiege
  106. 1746 — Siege of TiracolSiege
  107. 1746 — Siege of AlornaSiege
  108. 1750 — Treaty of MadridTreaty
  109. 1752 — Battle of CalicutNaval battle
  110. 1776–1777 — Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776-1777War
  111. 1781 — Battle of Porto PrayaBattle · France ▸ United Kingdom
  112. 1810 — Battle of GuadeloupeBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
  113. 1814 — Battle of FayalBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  114. 1815 — Battle of MadeiraBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  115. 1840 — Battle of the BarrierBattle
  116. 1849 — Passaleão incidentBattle
  117. 1886 — Battle of FancáBattle
  118. 1886 — Battle of MansomineBattle
  119. 1886 — Battle of BuaróBattle
  120. 1896 — Battle of MugengaBattle

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