The 1722 Algarve earthquake occurred on 27 December 1722. It was felt throughout the Portuguese region of Algarve and destroyed a large area in southern...
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the earthquake. Portugal portal 1722 Algarve earthquake 1755 Cape Ann earthquake 1761 Portugal earthquake Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault Earthquake Baroque...
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infrastructure. Two earthquakes in the 18th century were the last time such catastrophic events occurred in the Algarve – the 1722 Algarve earthquake and the 1755...
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eighteenth century earthquakes on the Algarve region, southern Portugal: The impact of eighteenth century earthquakes on the Algarve region". Geographical...
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History of Lagos, Portugal (section 1755 earthquake)
Discoveries, becoming the main city in the Algarve, a position it lost to Faro after the devastating earthquake of 1755. Recovery was hampered by the French...
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Loulé (category Municipalities of the Algarve)
Loulé (locally [loˈlɛ] ) is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality...
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Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Lagoa) (category Buildings and structures in Lagoa, Algarve)
municipality of Lagoa in the Portuguese Algarve. The original convent was all but destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. After the extinction of the religious...
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pt. Retrieved 2021-01-02. AlgarveTips (4 August 2018). "Loulé: The #1 Guide to This Picturesque Town in the Algarve". AlgarveTips. Retrieved 2021-01-02...
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count Henry of Burgundy, proclaimed himself king of Portugal in 1139. The Algarve (the southernmost province of Portugal) was conquered from the Moors in...
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Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve were united as a single State by the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve by a Law issued on December...
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1531 in Portugal. King of Portugal and the Algarves: John III Lisbon Santarém 26 January – The Lisbon earthquake and subsequent tsunami resulted in approximately...
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credited as having founded the Port of Hannibal (possibly Portimão in the Algarve). 219 BC - Hannibal Barca attacks the city of Saguntum (eastern Iberia)...
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Fort São Vicente (Sagres) (category Buildings and structures in the Algarve)
de São Vicente in Portuguese) is a military monument in Sagres, in the Algarve region of Portugal. It consists of the remains of a fortification, with...
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Independence United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves Kingdom of Brazil Brazilian rebels (1822) Empire of...
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King of Portugal and the Algarves 23 December 1748 – 31 July 1750: His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves List of Portuguese monarchs...
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, the Cascadia earthquake occurs in the Pacific Northwest, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. This megathrust earthquake ruptures about 1...
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official name from Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves to Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. 1808 – Insurrection against Napoleon's general...
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wildfires, with 700 firefighters attending a blaze in Monchique in the Algarve affecting over 1,000 hectares (3.9 sq mi) of forest. On 10 August the fires...
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1709) August 21 – King Afonso VI of Portugal, King of Portugal and the Algarves (d. 1683) August 26 – Cardinal de Bouillon, French Catholic cardinal (d...
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Order of Santiago around 1239–1240, along with other enclaves of historic Algarve, and annexed to Castile. In 1333, the village of Moguer became the first...
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her as John VI, king of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, a structure he had established the year before in which Brazil and Portugal...
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Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old Leicestershire girl, is reported missing in Algarve, Portugal.[2] 6 May – Manchester United win their ninth Premier League...
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