Polity Arguin (Portugal)

This article is about the specific polity Arguin (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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Arguin is an island off the western coast of Mauritania. In 1445, the Portuguese set up a trading post on the island.

Establishment

  • January 1446: In 1445, Prince Henry the Navigator set up a trading post on the island.

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.

Disestablishment

  • January 1634: In 1633, during its Dutch-Portuguese War, the Netherlands seized control of Arguin.

Selected Sources

  • Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523