Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 1 déc. 1640
- Type
- Coup d’État
- Coordonnées
- 38.71° N, 9.14° W
- Description
- Portugal overthrows Habsburg regime and installs the Duke of Braganza as their king
Restoration of the Independence (Portugal)
1640 end of Spanish Habsburg rule
The Restoration of Independence was a coup d'état carried out on 1 December 1640, led by Portuguese nobles with the aim of overthrowing the rule of the Spanish Habsburgs, who had governed Portugal since 1581. The coup was successful and ended the Iberian Union, restoring the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal and establishing a new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza, with John IV, then Duke of Braganza, crown…
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