Portuguese Empire
Império Português
1415–1999
Portuguese coat of arms (1481–present)
Coat of arms
Areas of the world that were once part of the Portuguese Empire
Areas of the world that were once part of the Portuguese Empire
CapitalLisbon
Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821)
Common languagesPortuguese
Religion
Roman Catholicism (Official)
Government
  • Monarchy (1415–1910)
  • Republic (1910–1999)
Monarchs 
• 1415–1433(first)
João I
• 1908–1910(last)
Manuel II
Presidents 
• 1911–1915(first)
Manuel de Arriaga
• 1996–1999(last)
Jorge Sampaio
Prime Ministers 
• 1834–1835(first)
Pedro de Sousa Holstein
• 1995–1999(last)
António Guterres
History 
• Conquest of Ceuta
1415
• Sea route to India
1498
• Colonial Brazil
1500
• Iberian Union
1580–1640
• Dutch-Portuguese War
1588–1654
• Portuguese Restoration War
1640–1668
• Independence of Brazil
1822
• Loss of Indian provinces
1961
• Portuguese Colonial War
1961–1974
• Carnation Revolution
1974–1975
• Handover of Macau
1999
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Portugal
Indigenous people of the Americas
Kingdom of Kongo
Kingdom of Mutapa
Sultanate of Kilwa
Kingdom of Maravi
Kaabu
Pre-colonial Timor
Ming Dynasty
Gujarat Sultanate
Kingdom of Kotte
Jaffna Kingdom
Malacca Sultanate
Sultanate of Bijapur
Parts of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
Malacca Sultanate
Portuguese Republic
Brazil
Angola
Mozambique
Guinea-Bissau
Cape Verde
São Tomé and Príncipe
East Timor (1975–1976)
Macau
Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Goa, Daman and Diu
Dutch Ceylon
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
Spanish Guinea
Dutch Malacca