Equatorial guinea (Portugal)

This article is about the specific polity Equatorial guinea (Portugal) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Fernando Pó (now Bioko) and Annobón in modern-day Equatorial Guinea were colonized by Portugal in 1474.

Establishment

January 1475: Fernando Pó and Annobón were colonized by Portugal in 1474.

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. Treaty of El Pardo (1778)

The Treaty of El Pardo signed on 11 March 1778 sought to end conflict between Spain and Portugal in the Río de la Plata region, along the modern boundary between Argentina and Uruguay.

March 1778: In 1778, the Spanish Crown acquired the Portuguese islands of Annobón and Bioko (Fernão Pó), as well as the mainland territory between the Niger River and the Ogoue River. This transfer was part of the Treaty of El Pardo, negotiated by King Charles III of Spain and Queen Maria I of Portugal.