Porto

municipality in Portugal

15 dated entries naming Porto, drawn from 13 separate years between 358 CE and 1903 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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4th century

358Constantius II recalls Pope Liberius to Rome, where he receives a joyous welcome from the Christians. Antipope Felix II prudently retires to his estate near Porto (Portugal).source

5th century

456December - Rechiar, first Germanic king to convert to Nicene Christianity, is captured at Oporto and executed.source

9th century

864King Alfonso III conquers Porto from the Emirate of Cordoba. This is the end of the direct Muslim domination of the Douro region.source
868The County of Portugal is established around the town of Portus Cale (present-day Porto) by Vímara Peres, an Asturian nobleman, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River.source

11th century

1096King Alfonso VI ("the Brave") of Castile arranges to marry his daughter Theresa to Henry of Burgundy (House of Burgundy). Theresa's dowry includes the County of Portugal, given to Henry with Porto as the capital.source

16th century

1580October 24 – The War of the Portuguese Succession comes to an end as Spanish forces crush the final Portuguese resistance in the last stronghold in mainland Portugal, Porto. For the next 60 years, Portugal will be ruled by the Kings of Spain.source

18th century

1757February 23 – A revolt against the government of King Joseph I of Portugal takes place in the city of Porto. After the riot's suppression, the King's minister, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, orders harsh punishments against the perpetrators, carried out in October.source
1757October 14 – Of the 478 people arrested, and 442 (including 50 women and young boys) convicted, for their roles in the Porto riot in February, 13 men and one woman are hanged; afterwards, their bodies are then quartered, and the severed limbs are publicly displayed on spikes. Another 49 men and 10 women are exiled to Portuguese colonies in Africa and India, and the other convicts are either flogged, imprisoned, or pressed into service rowing galley ships.source

19th century

1809May 12 – Peninsular War – Second Battle of Porto: The Anglo-Portuguese Army, commanded by Wellesley, drives the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, out of Porto, and forces them to retreat from the country.source
1820August 24 – A Constitutionalist insurrection breaks out at Oporto, Portugal.source
182024 August – Military revolt in Portosource
1865The 1865 International Exhibition was held in Portosource
18774 November - Inauguration of the Maria Pia Bridge, in Porto.source
1891January 31 – The Portuguese republican revolution breaks out, in the northern city of Porto.source

20th century

19031 August – Boavista F.C. is founded as 'The Boavista Footballers' by British expatriates in Porto.source