Portugal

Adam Rovner describes the little-known attempt to create a Zion in the Portuguese colony of Angola.

Goa fell to Indian troops on December 19th 1961.

A major battle in the Peninsular War took place on 16 May 1811.

As the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton approaches, Jenifer Roberts looks at the series of 18th-century weddings which led the Portuguese royal family into dynastic crisis.

In the late 18th century, a French invasion force marched into Portugal. Napoleon was insisting that Portugal must close its ports to British shipping. When it failed to comply, the invading army was given orders to march on Lisbon and seize the royal family. The Queen and her family fled to Brazil, and by this time, Maria I of Portugal had been insane for more than fifteen years. 

Jenifer Roberts recalls the impact of a tidal wave that brought chaos and disaster to Portugal.

The Portuguese ruler began to curb the most powerful arch-conservative force in the country on May 3rd, 1751

Today best known for its gambling industry, the rich cultural history of Europe’s last colonial toehold in China might be the key to its future. 

Edward Norman on the Eastern promise of Western sainthood to be encountered in the Church of the Bom Jesus in Goa.

Kings knight knights, but who knights kings? Peter Linehan looks at how Alfonso XI got round the problem and in the process strengthened his hold on his kingdom.