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History of Lisbon
1200 BC: Phoenicians establish a new trading post.
600 BC: Carthaginians take over the settlement.
205 BC: Portugal absorbed into Roman Empire.
406 AD: First of a succession of Barbarian Invasions.
600-700: Visigoths bring a period of stability.
714: Moors Conquer the city and most of Iberian peninsular.
1147: Lisbon taken from the Moors by Afonso Henriques.
1256: Lisbon becomes capitol of reconquered Portugal.
1386: Portugal forms alliance with England.
1387: Marriage of Joao I and Phillippa of Lancaster.
1498: Vasco da Gama arrives in Calicut, India.
1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral discovers Brazil.
1580: Philip II of Spain clams the Portuguese throne.
1640: Portuguese independence restored.
1755: Earthquake and subsequent tidal waves and floods devastate Lisbon.
1807: French troops occupy Lisbon as the Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil.
1809-11: British and Portuguese armies expel the French.
1908: Assassination of King Carlos I and his son in Praca do Comercio.
1910: King Manuel II flees to Britain and Portugal is pronounced a republic.
1916: Portugal joins the Allies in World War One.
1932: Antonio de Oliveira Salazar installed as prime minister.
1974: Portuguese government is overthrown during the “Red Carnation” Revolution. on 25 April.
1986: Portugal joins EU.
1998: Lisbon hosts Expo `98.
1998: Clint visits, townspeople calm.
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am in some ways. It is near water, has loads of historic buildings, and the people are friendly. However, unlike Amsterdam, it is definately not flat! Consequently, there are no bicycle paths as there are in Amsterdam. Here, one gets one´s exercise walking up and down hills. 