Timeline of Portuguese history (Third Republic)

Timeline of Portuguese history (Third Republic)

This is a historical timeline of Portugal.=Third Republic: Democracy=

1974

*April 25, The Carnation Revolution puts an end to fascist regime, Marcello Caetano exiled to Brazil

1975

*Independence is granted to all Portuguese colonies in Africa and independence is promised to East Timor
*March 11, A right-wing coup fails: A turn to the left in the revolution happens and major industries and big properties are nationalized by government
*August 2, A meeting takes place in Haga (near Stockholm in Sweden) where the Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with Democracy and Socialism in Portugal is created. This Committee supported democratic trends in Portugal and opposed pro-soviet communist tendencies. In the meeting were present Olof Palme, Harold Wilson, Helmut Schmidt, Bruno Kreisky, Joop den Uyl, Trygve Bratteli, Anker Jørgensen, Yitzhak Rabin, Hans Janitschek, Willy Brandt, James Callaghan, François Mitterrand, Bettino Craxi and Mário Soares.
*November 25, Another coup removes extreme-left influence in politics
*December 7, East Timor is violently annexed by Indonesia

1976

*November 19, Jaime Ornelas Camacho becomes the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira.

1980

*December 4, Prime minister Francisco Sá Carneiro and defence minister Amaro da Costa killed in a plane crash; accident or terrorist attack still discussed today

1984

*Carlos Lopes wins the first Olympic Gold Medal for Portugal in the Los Angeles '84 marathon

1986

*January 1, Portugal becomes a member of the European Economic Community, today's European Union

1998

*Lisbon organizes the World's Fair Expo '98

1999

*January 1, Macau, the last overseas Portuguese colony, is returned to China

2002

*January 1, Portugal adopts the euro as currency...

2004

*Summer, 2004 European Football Championship is held in Portugal

2006

* The Dakar Rally, the longest and, arguably, the hardest off-road rally in the world starts in Lisbon.

2007

ee also

*Timeline of Portuguese history
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