History of Portugal for Everyone



Hello to all my readers.
I decided to create this blog "History of Portugal for everyone", because I am a lover of History, mainly Portugal, so I decided to share this passion with everyone, so that you also fall in love with our history, because it is important to know our past , To understand our present and to build our future.
History for all, for all ages and for all cultures

Thank you very much everyone

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The Pretender to the Portuguese Throne

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Picture 1- D. Duarte Pio de Bragança D. Duarte Pio de Bragança, is currently the claimant to the Portuguese throne, in 2006 an opinion of the Department of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognized D. Duarte Pio de Bragança as sole and legitimate heir to the Portuguese throne, since D Duarte descended by paternal way of D. Miguel I (absolutist king) and through the maternal route of D. Pedro IV (the soldier king) Picture 2- D. Miguel Picture 3- D. Pedro IV D. Miguel I was defender of Absolutism (concentration of powers in the figure of the king) and D. Pedro IV was defender of Liberal ideals (separation of powers and decentralization of powers of the king) this opposition of ideals led the country to face a civil war , since D. Miguel I was acclaimed king of Portugal and this act resulted in the usurpation of the throne that belonged to his niece and future wife D. Maria II, D. Miguel thus disrespects the will of his brother, D. Pedro IV, as well ...
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First Republic (From 1910 to 1926)

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The First Republic began with the approval of the Constitution of 1911 and with the election of the First President of the Republic - Manuel de Arriaga Picture 1- Republic Throughout the First Republic, there were periods of great instability, due to the struggles between the Government and the Catholic Church (since the Republic was Anticlerical, its policy led many convents to close and also enshrined the prohibition of religious education in schools), but there have also been internal disagreements among Republicans, Freemasons, and Carbonaries (these last two are secret organizations), I would remind you that the members of the Republican Government are not those who planned or did the republican revolution of Implantation of the Republic. led to great instability in this new political regime in Portugal. Causes Which lead to the Failure of the First Republic over 16 years • political instability • external dependence - Portugal did not produce enough to import goods a...
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The Story of Catherine Euphemia

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Picture 1- Catarina Eufémia Born in Baleizão, Beja on February 13, 1928. It was on May 19, 1954 (in the midst of the Salazar dictatorship) at the time of wheat harvest that Catarina and thirteen other reapers complained to the factor of the property where they worked to obtain an increase of two escudos per day. The fourteen women were enough to terrify the foreman who went to Beja to call the owner and the guard. Catarina was chosen by her colleagues to present her claims. To a question from the lieutenant of the guard, Catherine would have replied that they only wanted "work and bread." In response he had a slap that sent her to the floor. When she got up, he said, "Now kill me." The guard lieutenant fired three bullets. Catherine when she was hit by the Guard of the GNR, had in her lap her son who was also injured Hit by 3 bullets Catarina Eufémia, thus dies mother of 2 children, pregnant of the third, died in the prime of the age at the age of 28 ...
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