Kilwa Kisiwani (Portugal)

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Kilwa Kisiwani, on the Swahili Coast, was occupied by the Portuguese.

Establishment

January 1506: Very quickly the Portuguese took over the trade in gold, textiles, spices, ivory and slaves: the city was destroyed for the first time in 1505, and submitted like the other sultanates on the coast.

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. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1507: From 1506 to 1698 Lamu was ruled by the Portuguese.

January 1507: The island of Pemba was occupied by Portugal.

January 1513: Arab mercenaries freed Kilwa from Portuguese domination and the city partially regained its prosperity.

January 1516: Kilwa conquered by portugal.

January 1531: By the 1530s, small groups of Portuguese traders and prospectors seeking gold penetrated the interior regions of Mozambique, where they set up garrisons and trading posts at Sena and Tete.

January 1688: In 1687, the Uluguru territory was formed in eastern Tanzania by the Luguru linguistic group.