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Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)

10 dated entries naming Prince Henry the Navigator, drawn from 8 separate years between 1394 CE and 1460 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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14th century

  • 1394March 4 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)source

15th century

  • 1419July 1 – Portuguese explorers João Gonçalves Zarco, Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrello, at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, discover Madeira Island, a year after Zarco and Tristão had discovered Porto Santo Island.source
  • 1420May 25 – Prince Henry the Navigator is appointed Grand Master of the Military Order of Christ.source
  • 1421Portuguese sailors sent by Prince Henry the Navigator cross Cape Non, going as far as Cape Bojador.source
  • 1437August 22– Portugal's disastrous Tangier expedition to attack Morocco begins as Prince Henry the Navigator and more than 6,000 troops (3,000 knights, 2,000 infantry, 1,000 archers) sail from the port of Belém toward Africa and the Portuguese colony of Ceuta. They arrive at Ceuta five days later.source
  • 1437October 15 – Prince Henry the Navigator (Henrique, o Navegador), brother of King Duarte of Portugal, agrees on behalf Portugal to cede its North African colony of Ceuta back to Morocco in return for being allowed to withdraw all of his troops, including those taken prisoner.source
  • 1437September 20 – Led by Prince Henry the Navigator, a poorly-prepared Portuguese attempt to conquer the city of Tangier in the Marinid Sultanate in Morocco begins. Although the Portuguese have more than 6,000 troops, they reach the walled city and find that their scaling ladders are too short to reach the top, and their artillery is too weak to damage the walls.source
  • 1443October 22 – Pedro de Portugal, Duke of Coimbra and regent for the 11-year old King Afonso V, grants letters patent to his younger brother Dom Henrique of Navegador ("Prince Henry the Navigator"), giving Henrique an exclusive monopoly over all navigation south of Cape Bojador, whether for the purpose of war or trade, as well as a commission on any African goods or slaves brought back to mainland Portugal.source
  • 1450March 10 – Colonization of Terceira Island by Portugal begins as Dom Henrique, om Navigadorsource
  • 1460November 13 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)source

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