People gathering outside the presidential palace placed carnations from the local market into gun muzzles, which is why the day is also remembered as the Carnation Revolution. Freedom Day (Portugal) timeline 1940 Becoming an Allied Country Portugal sides with the Allies in the Second World War ...
Rodney J. Morrison, Portugal: Revolutionary Change in an Open Economy (1981), assesses the impact of the April 25, 1974, revolution on the economy. Eric N. Baklanoff, The Economic Transformation of Spain and Portugal (1978), compares Spain’s and Portugal’s economic growth in response to ...
Manuel I was the king of Portugal from 1495 to 1521, whose reign was characterized by religious troubles (all Moors and Jews refusing baptism were expelled), by a policy of clever neutrality in the face of quarrels between France and Spain, and by the co