When King John II of Portugal revived the work of Henry the Navigator, he sent out Cão ( about midsummer (?

When Napoleon I ordered the invasion of Portugal in 1807 because it refused to join the Continental System, the Portuguese Braganças moved their capital to Rio de Janeiro to avoid the fate of the Spanish Bourbons ( Napoleon I arrested them and made his brother Joseph king ).

When Vasco da Gama, exploring for Portugal, reached the coast of Mozambique in 1498, Arab trading settlements had existed along the coast and outlying islands for several centuries, and political control of the coast was in the hands of a string of local sultans.

When Mercadante returned to Italy after living in Spain and Portugal, Donizetti's music reigned supreme in Naples, an ascendancy which did not end until censorship problems with the latter's Poliuto caused a final break.

When news of a peace agreement between Portugal and the Netherlands reached Asia in 1663, Goa was the only remaining Portuguese city on the west coast.

When Gomes charter came up for renewal in 1474, Prince John ( future John II ), asked his father Afonso V of Portugal to pass the African charter to him.

When the Portuguese king Manuel I of Portugal decided to appoint the first governor and viceroy of Portuguese India in 1505, Vasco da Gama was conspicuously overlooked, and the post given to D. Francisco de Almeida.

When Portugal recognized the independence of Guinea-Bissau and pulled out in 1974 due to the military coup of April 25 in Lisbon, the two territories merged and Bissau became the capital of the new independent state.

When they landed in neutral Portugal, Jérôme set off overland to Italy to attempt to convince his brother to recognize the marriage.

When Umberto II left Italy after a referendum abolishing the monarchy in 1946 ( see also birth of the Italian Republic ), the Savoy family lived in exile, mostly in Switzerland and Portugal.

When Pompey was granted Hispania ( Iberia, comprising modern Spain and Portugal ) as a proconsular province, Afranius, together with Marcus Petreius and Marcus Terentius Varro, governed in his stead, Pompey remaining in Rome to manage affairs there.

" When the Republic of South Africa ( Transvaal ) formally rejected the notion of British suzerainty as allegedly described by the peace treaty of 1881, Chamberlain and Balfour prompted Salisbury to initiate discussions with Portugal regarding Delagoa Bay.

When Portugal win on penalties, it seems all is lost, but as they are in Glasgow, the result is celebrated, saving the day.

When rival Mike Hawthorn was threatened with a penalty in the Boavista Urban Circuit in Porto, Portugal, Moss defended Hawthorn's actions.

When Constanza arrived in Portugal, Inês de Castro, the daughter of an aristocratic Castilian land-owner, accompanied her as her lady-in-waiting.

When Maria's grandfather King John VI died in March 1826, there was a succession crisis in Portugal.

When Portugal was born in the 12th century, Matosinhos already existed-It was called at that time Vila de Matesinum.

When traders from Portugal introduced Arquebuses and Muskets, Iberian warlords were quick to adapt them, giving them a large advantage.

When police officers visited Ghezali's father he stated that Ghezali had left for Algeria in order to complete his military service ; however, Ghezali had traveled to Portugal, supposedly to pursue a career as a football player.

When a treaty of peace was shortly afterwards concluded with Portugal, he succeeded Lucien Bonaparte as ambassador at Madrid.

When also considering British control over the strategic fortress of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean, Ireland, Spain, France, and Portugal are the only European countries that have direct access to the Atlantic Ocean in a way that cannot be easily blocked at a choke point by the Royal Navy.

When it was conquered in 1129, by forces loyal to the Portuguese nobility, it was then known as Almorolan, and placed in the trust of Gualdim Pais, the master of the Knights Templar in Portugal, who rebuilt the structure.

When Portugal came under Spanish rule, the Portuguese coast became a target for the English fleet.

When they are able to hold a live spider without feeling anxious, they will have conquered their phobia.

When the Romans finally conquered Pannonia in 8 AD, the Boii seem not to have opposed them.

When Arioch and his fellow Chaos Lords conquered the Fifteen Planes, the balance between the forces of Law and Chaos tipped in favor of Chaos, and their minions-such as Glandyth-a-Krae-embarked on a bloody rampage.

When the British army conquered Eritrea from the Italians in spring 1941, most of the infrastructures and the industrial areas were extremely damaged.

" When Magyars came to Pannonia in the 8th century, the Szeklers joined them, and together they conquered Pannonia ( today Hungary ).

When the Arabs conquered the region much later, their name for the river became Guadalete ( River Lethe, in Arabic ).

When King Gustav Vasa finally besieged and conquered the city three years later, an event which ended the Kalmar Union and the Swedish Middle Ages, he noted every second building in the city was abandoned.

When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them.

When established in 1936, Italian East Africa covered the former Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and the recently conquered Ethiopia.

When the dynasty was established, the conquered land was divided into hereditary fiefs that eventually became powerful in their own right.

When Sardinia was finally conquered by the Catalan-Aragonese army, Cagliari ( Castel de Càller or simply Càller in Catalan ) became the administrative capital of the newborn Kingdom of Sardinia, one of the many kingdoms forming the Crown of Aragon, which later came under the rule of the Spanish Empire.

When Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BCE, Cambyses was employed in leading religious ceremonies.

When Charlemagne conquered most of the Lombard kingdoms, some Umbrian territories were given to the Pope, who established temporal power over them.

When William of Normandy conquered England, he divided the nation into many " manors ", the owners of which came to be known as barons ; those who held many manors were known as " greater barons ", while those with fewer manors were the " lesser barons ".

When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, the Patriarchate ceased to function.

When King David conquered Edom, which up to then had been a common border of Edom and Midian, he took over Eilat, the border city shared by them as well.

When he conquered Lotf Ali Khan, the last king of the Zand Dynasty, Qajar had Khan castrated in revenge.

When Richelieu invaded Piedmont and conquered Susa, the duke changed sides again and returned to an alliance with France.

When the Emperor Hadrian threatened to rebuild Jerusalem as a pagan city dedicated to Jupiter, in 132, Aelia Capitolina, some of the leading sages of the Sanhedrin supported a rebellion led by Simon Bar Kosiba ( later known as Bar Kokhba ), who established a short-lived independent state that was conquered by the Romans in 135.

When Charles VIII of France invaded Savoy, Piedmont, and Italy in 1494 and conquered Naples, the House of Savoy retreated and established its residence in Turin, where it remained until the unification of Italy.

When Frederick Barbarossa went on the Crusade of 1189, Henry returned to Saxony, mobilized an army of his faithful, and conquered and ravaged the rich city of Bardowick as punishment for her disloyalty.

When Octavian conquered Egypt, he spared Alexander, but took him, his sister and his brother Ptolemy Philadelphus from Egypt to Rome.

When France colonised America, the territory it conquered was immense, including the whole Mississippi River ( whose first European name was the River Colbert ), from its mouth to its source at the borders of Canada.

When the Ostrogoths conquered Rimini in 493, Odoacer, besieged in Ravenna, had to capitulate.