Portuguese Empire

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The Portuguese Empire was a vast global maritime and colonial power, spanning territories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from the 15th to the 20th century.


Statements (97)
Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial empire
maritime empire
capital Lisbon
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
country Portugal
culturalLegacy Lusophone world
Portuguese colonial architecture
spread of Catholicism
spread of Portuguese language
decolonizationWave African decolonization
economicActivity gold trade
silver trade
slave trade
spice trade
sugar production
endTime 1975
event Dutch–Portuguese War
Iberian Union
Portuguese Colonial War
Restoration War
explorer Afonso de Albuquerque
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry the Navigator
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Vasco da Gama
firstOverseasPossession Ceuta
handoverEvent Transfer of sovereignty over Macau
handoverYear 1999
historicalEra Age of Discovery
Early modern period
New Imperialism
inceptionEvent Conquest of Ceuta
language Portuguese
lastMajorColonyIndependence Angola
Mozambique
lastMajorColonyIndependenceYear 1975
majorPort Goa
Lisbon
Luanda
Macau
Rio de Janeiro
monarch John I of Portugal
John II of Portugal
John III of Portugal
John IV of Portugal
Joseph I of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
Maria I of Portugal
Pedro II of Brazil
Sebastian of Portugal
navalInnovation caravel
nao ship
notableGovernor Afonso de Albuquerque
Tomé de Sousa
religion Roman Catholicism
rival British Empire
Dutch Empire
French colonial empire
Spanish Empire
startTime 1415
successorState Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Federative Republic of Brazil
People's Republic of China
Portuguese Republic
Republic of Angola
Republic of Mozambique
territory Angola
Azores
Brazil
Cape Verde
Ceylon
Daman and Diu
East Timor
Goa
Guinea-Bissau
Macau
Madeira
Malacca
Mozambique
Nagapattinam
Nagasaki trading post
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese India
Portuguese West Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe
treaty Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Zaragoza
unionEndTime 1640
unionStartTime 1580
unionWith Spanish Crown

Referenced by (78)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Al Jalali Fort
Batticaloa Fort
Fort Frederick
Jaffna Fort
Nagapattinam
controlledBy
Portuguese America
Portuguese Ceylon
Portuguese India
Tomé de Sousa
Viceroy of Portuguese India
partOf
Batticaloa
Bengal
Nagapattinam
Negombo
colonialPower
Grand Master of the Order of Christ
Treaty of El Pardo
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777)
appliesToJurisdiction
Al Jalali Fort
Jaffna Fort
St. George’s Castle
builder
Churches and Convents of Goa
Fort Frederick
Galle Fort
builtBy
Diogo de Azambuja
João da Nova
associatedWith
Johor Sultanate
Maratha Empire ("Portuguese India")
conflict
Dutch Angola
Dutch Brazil
conflictWith
Kilwa Kisiwani
Malacca Sultanate
conqueredBy
Batticaloa Fort
Elmina Castle
constructedBy
Latin American independence movements ("Portuguese America")
Latin American independence movements ("Empire of Brazil")
location
John III of Portugal
Kings of Portugal
monarchOf
Dutch–Portuguese War ("Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery")
Treaty of Tordesillas
relatedTo
blue and white flag of the Portuguese monarchy
blue and white flag of the Portuguese monarchy ("Portuguese colonial possessions")
usedIn
Portuguese royal family
associatedEmpire
Age of Sail ("Portuguese maritime empire")
associatedWithEvent
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
borderedBy
Eastern Arabia
colonialInterest
Cochin
colonizedBy
Portuguese reconquest of Recife
country
War of the First Coalition
countryInvolved
Treaty of Zaragoza
definedSpheresOfInfluenceFor
Kingdom of Kotte
firstEuropeanContactWith
Malabar Coast
firstEuropeanPower
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
focusesOn
Maluku Islands
historicallyControlledBy
Malabar Coast
historicallyTradedWith
Iberian Union
includesTerritory
John I of Portugal
initiated
Catholic Church in the Americas
introducedBy
Portuguese Inquisition
jurisdiction
Seven Years' War
mainBelligerent
Atlantic slave trade ("Portuguese America")
mainRegion
Portugal e o Futuro
mainSubject
Francis Xavier
missionaryRegion
Portuguese Crown
notablePeriod
Nagasaki trading post
operatedBy
New Holland
opposedBy
Latin American independence movements
opposedTo
Fort Frederick
originallyBuiltBy
Dutch–Portuguese War
participant
Dutch colonial empire ("Portuguese Empire in some regions")
precededBy
Portuguese India
previousEntity
Philip IV of Spain
reignOver
Kingdom of Kandy
resisted
Portuguese royal family
ruledTerritory
Indian Ocean trade network
sawInterventionBy
House of Aviz
significantTerritory
Kingdom of Benin
tradedWith
Fort Frederick
usedBy
Coromandel Coast
wasImportantTo

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