Maria II of Portugal
Queen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)
10 dated entries naming Maria II of Portugal, drawn from 7 separate years between 1819 CE and 1853 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1819April 4 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)source
- 1826March 10 – Dom João VI, King of Portugal and former Emperor of Brazil, dies six days after he had been served dinner while visiting Jerónimos Monastery. An investigative autopsy 174 years later will discover that he had been killed by arsenic poisoning. King João's, Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, sails back to Portugal and briefly reigns as King Pedro IV of Portugal, before turning over the Portuguese throne to his daughter, Maria.source
- 1828June 23 – King Miguel I of Portugal overthrows his niece, Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars.source
- 1828March 3 – Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and former King of Portugal, signs a document "to complete my abdication of the Portuguese crown" (made in 1826), to renounce all claims in favor of his daughter Queen Maria II, and to declare "indubitable proof" that he wishes Portugal to be "perpetually separated from the Brazilian nation....in such a manner as may render even the idea of reunion impracticable."source
- 1833July 5 – Liberal Wars: The forces of Queen Maria II of Portugal win the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, defeating the supporters of her uncle, King Miguel, who usurped the throne in 1828.source
- 1835January 26 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, in Lisbon; he dies only two months later.source
- 1836January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.source
- 1853June 22 – Guimarães is elevated to city status by Queen Maria II of Portugal.source
- 1853November 15 – Maria II of Portugal is succeeded by her son Pedro V as King of Portugal.source
- 1853November 15 – Maria II of Portugal, queen regnant (b. 1819)source