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o 83 BC-72 BC- Quintus Sertorius Hispanic revolt, where he is joined by the Lusitanians.
o 61 BC-60 BC - Julius Caesar is Propraetor governor of Lusitania and defeats rebelious Lusitanians and Gallaecians.
o 27 BC - The Roman Emperor Augustus creates the province of Lusitania (till then part of Hispania Ulterior), with capital in Emerita Augusta (currently Mérida). Originally Lusitania included the territories of Asturias and Gallaecia.
o 23 BC - The emperor Augustus establishes the Principate and the Pax Romana.
o c. 250 - Braga becomes an Episcopal Diocese.
o 366-383 - Damasus, son of Antonius and Laurentia, born in the Conventus Bracarensis of Gallaecia (near the modern city of Guimarães), is the reigning Pope under the name Damasus I.
o 388 - Paternus becomes bishop of the Episcopal see of Braga.
* Germanic Kingdoms
o 409
+ Invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Gallaecia) by the Germanic Suevi (Quadi and Marcomanni) under king Hermerico.
+ Invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Germanic Vandals (Silingi and Hasdingi) and the Sarmatian Alans.
o 415 - Invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Germanic Visigoths lead by King Theodorid.
o 429 - The Vandals and the Alans move to North Africa.
o 468 - Lusídio, Roman governor of Lisbon, delivers the city to the Suevi.
o 470 - King Euric of the Visigoths conquers southern Gallaecia and Lusitania to the Suevi.
o 562 - Saint Martin of Dumes becomes Bishop of Braga.
o 585 - Andeca, the last king of the Suevi, helds out for a year before surrendering in to the Visigothic King Leovigild. With his surrender, this branch of the Suevi vanished into the Visigothic kingdom.
* Al'Garb Al'Andalus and the beginning of the Reconquista
o 711 – Islamic Umayyad Moors (mainly Berber with some Arab), under Tariq ibn-Ziyad, invade and eventualy conquer the Iberian Peninsula (Visigothic King Roderic is killed while opposing the invasion), except from the northernmost part - the Asturias.
o 718 - Pelayo establishes the Kingdom of Asturias. This is considered to be the beginning of the Reconquista.
o 722 - A powerful Moorish force sent to conquer Asturias once and for all is defeated by king Pelayo at the Battle of Covadonga. Today, this is regarded as the first significant Christian victory of the Reconquista.
o 755 - Abd ar-Rahman I of the Umayyad dynasty flees to Iberia to escape the Abbasids.
o 756 - The Umayyad Abd ar-Rahman I defeats Yusuf al-Fihri and becomes Commander of al-Andalus Muslims, proclaiming himself Emir of Cordoba.
o 791 - Alfonso II becomes King of Asturias in Oviedo and conquers a number of Moorish strongholds and settles the lands south of the Douro River.
o 798 - In a raid on Muslim lands, Alfonso II of Asturias enters Lisbon but can not occupy it.
o 800 - 10 year Rebellion againsts the Muslims breaks out in the fringes of Al-Andalus (Lisbon, Merida, Toledo). Each rebellion is bloodily suppressed by the central Islamic authorities.
o 844 - Vikings raid the Galician estuaries, are defeated by Ramiro I of Asturias, attack Lisbon, Beja and the Algarve, and sack Seville.
o 866 - Alfonso III the Great, son of Ordonho I of Asturias, becomes King of Asturias. He iniciates the repopulation of Porto, Coimbra, Viseu and Lamego.
* First County of Portugal
o 868 - Establishment of the 1st County of Portugal, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Asturias, by count Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region between the Minho and Douro Rivers.
o 878 - The region of Coimbra (today, Central Portugal) is incorporated in the Kingdom of Asturias by the Count Hermenegildo Guterres.
o 910 - Ordonho II becomes King of Galicia with the support of the Count of Portugal.
o 913 - An expedition commanded by Ordonho II, then vassal king of Galicia, into Muslim territory takes Évora from the Muslims.
o 925 - Ramiro II, son of Ordonho II of León, was the first to bear the title King of Portuguese Land.
o 926 - The Umayyad Emir Abd al-Rahman III, faced with the threat of invasion by the Fatimids, proclaims himself Caliph of Córdova.
o 938 - First document where the word Portugal is written in its present form.
o 976 - Caliph Al-Hakam II dies, and Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir takes over in the name of his protégé Hisham II, becoming a military dictator usurping caliphal powers and lauching a big number of offensive campaignes against the Christians.
o 1031 - The Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba falls. Many Taifas (independent Moorish kingdoms) begin to spring up.
o 1056 - The Almoravides (al-Murabitun) Dynasty begins its rise to power.
o 1063 - Ferdinand I of Castile-León divides his kingdom among his sons. Galicia is allotted to his son Garcia.
o 1065 - Independence of the Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal is proclaimed under the rule of Garcia II of Galicia.
o 1071 - Garcia II of Galicia becames the first to use the title King of Portugal, when he defeates, in the Battle of Pedroso (near Braga), Count Nuno Mendes, last count of Portugal of the Vímara Peres House.
o 1072 - Loss of independence of the Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal, forcibly reannexed by Garcia's brother king Alfonso VI of Castile.
o 1090 - Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin cames to Iberia and conquers all the Taifas.
o 1094 - Almoravid Sir ibn Abi Bakr takes Badajoz and Lisbon.
o 1095 - The Almoravides take Santarém.
* Second County of Portugal
o 1095 - Establishment of the 2nd County of Portugal (Condado Portucalense), by Count Henry of Burgundy, who marries princess Teresa of León.
o 1112 – Afonso Henriques inherits the County of Portugal, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of León.
o 1128 – Count Afonso Henriques defeats his mother, Teresa of León, that governs the county after her husband's death with the title of Regina (Queen), in the Battle of São Mamede and becomes sole ruler (Dux - Duke) after demandes for independence from the county's people, church and nobles.
* First Dynasty: Burgundy
o 1139 July 26 – Independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León declared after the Battle of Ourique against the Almoravides lead by Ali ibn Yusuf: Duke Afonso Henriques becomes Afonso I, king of Portugal.
o 1143 – Treaty of Zamora. Alfonso VII of Leon and Castille recognizes the Kingdom of Portugal with the assintance of the Holly Sea who recognizes Alphonso has the ruller of Portugal, but the church did not wanted a division in Hispania in an era of crusades against the Moors so it did not recognized him as king.
o 1179 – Pope Alexander III recognizes Afonso I as King, thus Portugal becomes officially a kingdom.
o 1095–1279 A Portuguese kingdom was established independent from León and extended southwards until it reached its present continental limits.
o 1279–1383 The monarchy was gradually consolidated in spite of resistance from the Church, the nobles and the rival kingdom of Castile.
o 1383-1385 – Civil war and political anarchy: 1383-1385 Crisis.
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