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Name: são tomé and príncipe

Type: Cluster

Start: 1471 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Establishment


  • January 1471: The Portuguese explorers João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar discovered the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, around 1470, which they found uninhabited.
  • Chronology


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    1. War of the Portuguese Succession


    Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

  • October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

  • 2. Portuguese Restoration War


    Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.

  • November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.

  • 3. Dutch-Portuguese War


    Was a global conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Dutch Empire. The conflict primarily saw the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.

    3.1.Operations in West Africa and Angola

    Were the military operations of the Dutch in West Africa and Angola during the Dutch-Portuguese War.

  • January 1642: The Dutch occupied the São Tomé island in 1641.
  • October 1648: Queen Nzinga retreated to Matamba, while the Dutch in São Tomé abandoned the island, which was reoccupied by the Portuguese later that year.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • July 1975: The new Portuguese regime granted independence to São Tomé and Príncipe.

  • Selected Sources


  • Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
  • de Oliveira Marques , A. H. R.(1972): History of Portugal, Columbia University Press, p. 322-325
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