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Conflict Europe

Portuguese Restoration War

1640 CE – 1668 CE · 28 years

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

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Portugal
  • Spain

Key moments

Defining events in the Portuguese Restoration War.

  1. 1644 Battle of Montijo
  2. 1663 Battle of Ameixial
  3. 1665 Battle of Montes Claros

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1640 CE and 1668 CE.

1640 CE Catalan Revolt (Reapers' War) 1642 CE English Civil War 1643 CE Battle of Rocroi 1645 CE Ottoman-Venetian War of Candia 1648 CE Khmelnytsky Uprising

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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