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Events on Saturday 1 December 1640 2
1580 – 1640Iberian UnionUnder the Spanish CrownA 60-year period when the Portuguese and Spanish crowns were united under the Spanish Habsburgs.
1640Restoration of IndependenceThe 1st of DecemberA coup by the Portuguese nobility that overthrew Spanish rule and placed the House of Braganza on the throne.