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.