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- Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves, ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- to the East, which was to be the scene of his future triumphs. In company ... for some time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- and about 2,400 miles from the east coast of North America. The westernmost ... southeast direction. The vast extension of the islands defines an immense ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos—"Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of ... Ordered to keep silent about the content of her revelations, at age ...15 KB (2,588 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- expedition to the Gold Coast. King John II of Portugal had appointed him ... . It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal as the Cape of Good ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai ... Rama II had seventy-three children. Of these, two became King, Chesda ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... Dias' voyage of 1488), King John II of Portugal refused support to ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... The conversion of these Jews to Christianity soon became suspect, ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... Portugal, desperate to reestablish trade with India after Islam had ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- Philip II ( Felipe II de España ; Filipe I ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665-1887), also known as the Lunda Empire ... the immoral slave trade may cloud evaluation of its legacy. Yet, for several ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 ... resort and wishes to see the "scourge of war" banished for all ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 17:18, 4 May 2023
