A valid American driving license is accepted in all countries except Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.

Anthropology in Greece and Portugal is greatly influenced by British anthropology.

* 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

* 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

In July 2006, the tomb of the king ( which is located in the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra ) was to be opened for scientific purposes by researchers from the University of Coimbra ( Portugal ), and the University of Granada ( Spain ).

Finally, in 1267, a treaty was signed in Badajoz, determining that the southern border between Castile and Portugal should be the River Guadiana, as it is today.

After the indecisive < ref name =" British historian Townsend Miller "> British historian Townsend Miller: “ But, if the outcome of < nowiki > battle of </ nowiki > Toro, militarily, is debatable, there is no doubt whatsoever as to its enormous psychological and political effects ” in The battle of Toro, 1476, in History Today, volume 14, 1964, p. 270 </ ref > Battle of Toro in 1476 against King Ferdinand II of Aragon, the husband of Isabella I of Castile, he went to France to obtain the assistance of Louis XI, but finding himself deceived by the French monarch, he returned to Portugal in 1477 in very low spirits.

King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir.

Aveiro ( or ) is a city in Aveiro Municipality in Portugal, with a total area of 199. 9 km², a total population of 78, 463 inhabitants, and 61, 430 electors ( 2006 ).

It is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal, after Coimbra.

Aveiro is known in Portugal for its traditional sweets, ovos moles, trouxas de ovos, both made from eggs and " tripa de aveiro ".

Unfortunately, he never came back to Portugal ; he died in the region and is credited for bringing to Lisbon the first pepper that ever came out of those parts.

The University of Aveiro was created in 1973 and is considered one of the most dynamic and innovative universities of Portugal, attracting thousands of students to the city.

The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

It is one of the busiest railways in Europe, with 20 % more train services than France, 60 % more than Italy, and more than Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined.

The current Romance language spoken, Galego, has many words of Celtic origin and is the ancestor of the Portuguese language used mainly in Brazil and Portugal.

The same is true of the music of Asturias, Cantabria, and that of Northern Portugal ( some say even traditional music from Central Portugal can be labeled Celtic ).

Couscous is also very popular in France, where it is now considered a traditional dish, and has also become popular in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece.

The census in Portugal is carried out by Instituto Nacional de Estatística ( INE ) every 10 years.

In Portugal, the industrial biotechnology company Biotrend is producing natural all-trans-β-carotene from a non genetically modified bacteria of the Sphingomonas genus isolated from soil.

Anta is the term used in Portugal and Galicia, Spain.

Since King Valdemar II of Denmark was married to the Portuguese princess, Berengária of Portugal, it is not unthinkable that the origin of the story, if not the flag, was the Spanish tale or a similar tale, which again might have been inspired by an even older legend.

* Martian Manhunter, a comic superhero, called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal

Afonso IV (; 8 February 1291 – 28 May 1357 ), called the Brave (), was King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death.

Afonso V (, originally Affonso ) KG ( 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481 ), called the African (), was King of Portugal and the Algarves.

* 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg ( also called the Philippine Dynasty ).

In some countries ( Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland ), there are other editions that lack some features such as Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center and Internet Explorer called names such as " Windows 7 N ."

In Portugal, besides several varieties of wet-cured hams called fiambre ( not to be confused with the Guatemalan dish, also called fiambre ), the most important type of ham is presunto, a dry-cured ham similar to Spanish jamón and Italian prosciutto.

The Iberian Peninsula ( Asturian, Galician, Leonese, Mirandese, Portuguese and,, Aragonese and,, ), commonly called Iberia, is a peninsula located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

To gain support, Vindex called on Galba, the governor of Hispania Citerior in Hispania ( the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal ), to become emperor.

Under Salazar, Portugal instituted another form of cash crop creation called the concession system.

During the previous pontificate the Jesuits had been expelled from Portugal and from all the Bourbon courts: France, Spain, Naples, and Parma ; now the general suppression of the order was urged by the faction called the " court cardinals ", who were opposed by the diminished pro-Jesuit faction, the Zelanti (" zealous "), who were generally opposed to the encroaching secularism of the Enlightenment.

In Portugal, it's called " azeda " ( sour ), and is usually chewed raw, just like Bilbo Baggins did on the second from last line on page 87 of the Hobbit 50th anniversary edition.

** End of the Iberian Union: João IV of Portugal is acclaimed as king, thus ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain, and the rule of the House of Habsburg ( also called the Philippine Dynasty ).

With the advent of the New State regime ( Estado Novo ) extended to the colony, in 1951 Angola became a province of Portugal ( Ultramarine Province ), called the Província Ultramarina de Angola ( Overseas Province of Angola ).

In many European countries ( e. g. France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy ) the adjustable spanner is called an " English key " as it was first invented in 1842 by the English engineer Richard Clyburn.

As the Templars were rich, influential and loyal, Denis took advantage of the death of Clement V. to maintain the order under a new name ; the Order of Christ, as it was henceforth called, received the benediction of the pope in 1319 and subsequently played an important part in the colonial expansion of Portugal.

The Moors called their Iberian territory Al-Andalus, an area comprising Gibraltar, much of what is now Spain and Portugal, and part of France.

In Romania and Portugal, it is usually called cesariana, meaning from ( or related to ) Caesar.

There is also a museum dedicated to her in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal called " Museu Municipal Carmen Miranda ", with various photos and one of the famous hats.

After World War II, Portugal was intent to hold on to its former colonies, since 1951 called overseas territories.

Vittorio Emanuele took this action after his father allegedly called for Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta to visit him in Portugal to name him his heir.

In Portugal, a general strike has been called by the federation of public labor unions to avert austerity measures.