Maldives (Portugal)

This article is about the specific polity Maldives (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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The Portuguese had an intermittent control of the Maldivian Archipelago in the XVI and XVII centuries.

Establishment

January 1519: In 1518, the Sultanate of the Maldives came under Portuguese pocontrol.

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 1522: The Sultanate of the Maldives regained control of their territory in 1522, ending the Portuguese domain.

January 1559: In 1558 the Portuguese established a small garrison with a Viador, or overseer of a factory (trading post) in the Maldives, which they administered from their main colony in Goa.