Kingdom of Portugal

Overview

The Kingdom of Portugal was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between the mid-12th century and the early 20th century, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1471, and was the main constituent of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, which existed between 1815 and 1822. It coexisted with the Portuguese Empire, the realm's overseas colonies.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
• SNAPSHOT1500
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire59

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• Capture of Malacca (1511)1511
  World-changing
• Battle of Wayna Daga1543
  World-changing
• Portuguese Conquest of Angola1575–1671
  World-changing
• Battle of Alcacer Quibir (Battle of the Three Kings)1578
  World-changing
• Portuguese-Spanish Colonial Rivalry1492–1750
  Major conflict · 1.0M dead
• Portuguese Expansion in Africa1500–1600
  Major conflict · 500K dead
• Portuguese-Ottoman Conflicts in Indian Ocean1509–70
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Battle of Aljubarrota1385
  Major conflict
• Portuguese Conquest of Ceuta1415
  Major conflict
• Portuguese-Moroccan Wars1415–1769
  Major conflict
• Portuguese-Swahili Conflicts1505–1700
  Major conflict
• Jaga Invasion of Kongo1568–74
  Major conflict
• Portuguese Expansion in India1505–1660
  Significant · 500K dead
• Portuguese Spice Wars in Moluccas1512–1600
  Significant · 300K dead
• Spanish-Portuguese Union Wars1580–1640
  Significant · 200K dead
• Portuguese Conquest of the Spice Islands1512–1605
  Significant · 100K dead
• Portuguese Conquest of Goa1510
  Significant · 20K dead
• Battle of Rio Salado1340
  Significant
• Brazilian Indigenous Resistance to Portuguese1500–1750
  Significant
• Portuguese colonial wars in Asia1500–1663
  Significant
• Portuguese sack of Kilwa (1505)1505
  Significant
• Portuguese sack of Mombasa (1505)1505
  Significant
• Johor–Portuguese wars1518–1641
  Significant

+ 35 more in the atlas.