Skip to content
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal · Public domain
Event war Europe

Portuguese Restoration War

1640 CE – 1668 CE

Portugal's revolt against Habsburg Spain ended the Iberian Union and restored an independent Portuguese monarchy under the House of Braganza.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

1640–1668 war between Portugal and Spain

Portuguese Restoration War on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · Europe

Portuguese Restoration War

1640 CE – 1668 CE

Portugal's revolt against Habsburg Spain ended the Iberian Union and restored an independent Portuguese monarchy under the House of Braganza.

Standing in 1640 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Persia Polity · Middle East 400 CE – 1914 CE Lençóis Maranhenses Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1635 CE Franco-Spanish War 1636 CE Pequot War 1637 CE Shimabara Rebellion 1640 CE Catalan Revolt (Reapers' War) 1642 CE English Civil War 1643 CE Battle of Rocroi
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons