The Republican Government and Prime Minister
António Maria da Silva, knowing of the forthcoming coup, try to organize resistance believing the uprising can be defeated.
May 28, A Military coup d'état (henceforth known as the
28th May 1926 coup d'état) begins in
Braga led by
Gomes da Costa. Believing it to have failed, Gomes da Costa announces his surrender.
Acordo Missionário (Missionary Agreement) between the
Catholic Church and the Portuguese Republic, giving special status to the action of the Catholic Church in Portugal's colonies.
Failed Republican revolucionary attempt against the
Ditadura Nacional.
The
Portuguese Communist Party is reorganized under
Bento Gonçalves. Adapting the Party to its new illegal status, the reorganization creates a net of clandestine cells to avoid the wave of detentions.
October 8, Although officially neutral during World War II, Portugal, after considerable pressure from the
Allies, allowed the British the use of the ports of Horta on
Faial Island and Ponta Delgada on
São Miguel Island, as well as the airfields of Lajes on
Terceira Island and Santana Field on São Miguel.
1945
The
Political Police PVDE is reorganized and renamed
PIDE (Polícia Internacional de Defesa do Estado; International Police for the Defense of the State).
In the (fraudulent) Presidential elections, General
Norton de Matos, backed by the oppositionist illegal organization
MUD tries and fail to win the Presidency of the Republic.
The Portuguese government overhauls the entire colonial system in an attempt to curb criticism on Portuguese
Colonialism: all Portugal's colonies were renamed Portuguese Overseas Provinces.
The FNLA -
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola), is founded as União das Populações do Norte de Angola (Union of the Populations of Northern Angola).
March 15, Attacks in northern
Angola by the UPA (
União do Povo Angolano; Union of the Angolan People), against Portuguese colonists and African populations, causing hundreds of deaths.
The Prime Minister
António de Oliveira Salazar takes on himself the office of Minister of National Defense and reorganizes the Government to face the war in Africa.
March 24 - The Academic Crisis of '62 culminates in a huge student demonstration in
Lisbon brutally repressed by the shock police, which caused hundreds of students to be seriously injured.
February, The first
Party Congress of the
PAIGC takes place at liberated
Cassaca, in which both the political and military arms of the PAIGC were assessed and reorganised, with a regular army (The People's Army) to supplement the guerilla forces (The People's Guerillas).
1965
6th Congress of the
Portuguese Communist Party, one of the most important congresses in the Party's history, after
Álvaro Cunhal released the report The Path to Victory – The tasks of the Party in the National and Democratic Revolution, which became an important document in the anti-fascist struggle.
1966
August 6, The
Salazar Bridge is inaugurated in
Lisbon above the
Tagus river. It is the longest suspension bridge in Europe and a replica (made by the same engineers) of the
Golden Gate bridge in
San Francisco.
Portugal begins a new campaign against the guerillas in
Portuguese Guinea with the arrival of the new governor of the colony, General
António de Spínola.
1969
The Single Party
União Nacional is renamed Acção Nacional Popular (National Popular Action).
The
Political PolicePIDE is renamed DGS (Direcção Geral de Segurança, Directorate-General of Security).
Beginning of the
Primavera Marcelista (Marcelist Springtime), a timid and failed opening of the regime.
November, A
United Nations'
General Assembly vote recognizes the Independence of
Guinea-Bissau, unprecedented as it denounced illegal Portuguese aggression and occupation and was prior to complete control and Portuguese recognition.
1974
The
Carnation Revolution of the 25 April puts an end to five decades of dictatorship.
The Republican Government and Prime Minister
António Maria da Silva, knowing of the forthcoming coup, try to organize resistance believing the uprising can be defeated.
May 28, A Military coup d'état (henceforth known as the
28th May 1926 coup d'état) begins in
Braga led by
Gomes da Costa. Believing it to have failed, Gomes da Costa announces his surrender.
Acordo Missionário (Missionary Agreement) between the
Catholic Church and the Portuguese Republic, giving special status to the action of the Catholic Church in Portugal's colonies.
Failed Republican revolucionary attempt against the
Ditadura Nacional.
The
Portuguese Communist Party is reorganized under
Bento Gonçalves. Adapting the Party to its new illegal status, the reorganization creates a net of clandestine cells to avoid the wave of detentions.
October 8, Although officially neutral during World War II, Portugal, after considerable pressure from the
Allies, allowed the British the use of the ports of Horta on
Faial Island and Ponta Delgada on
São Miguel Island, as well as the airfields of Lajes on
Terceira Island and Santana Field on São Miguel.
1945
The
Political Police PVDE is reorganized and renamed
PIDE (Polícia Internacional de Defesa do Estado; International Police for the Defense of the State).
In the (fraudulent) Presidential elections, General
Norton de Matos, backed by the oppositionist illegal organization
MUD tries and fail to win the Presidency of the Republic.
The Portuguese government overhauls the entire colonial system in an attempt to curb criticism on Portuguese
Colonialism: all Portugal's colonies were renamed Portuguese Overseas Provinces.
The FNLA -
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola), is founded as União das Populações do Norte de Angola (Union of the Populations of Northern Angola).
March 15, Attacks in northern
Angola by the UPA (
União do Povo Angolano; Union of the Angolan People), against Portuguese colonists and African populations, causing hundreds of deaths.
The Prime Minister
António de Oliveira Salazar takes on himself the office of Minister of National Defense and reorganizes the Government to face the war in Africa.
March 24 - The Academic Crisis of '62 culminates in a huge student demonstration in
Lisbon brutally repressed by the shock police, which caused hundreds of students to be seriously injured.
February, The first
Party Congress of the
PAIGC takes place at liberated
Cassaca, in which both the political and military arms of the PAIGC were assessed and reorganised, with a regular army (The People's Army) to supplement the guerilla forces (The People's Guerillas).
1965
6th Congress of the
Portuguese Communist Party, one of the most important congresses in the Party's history, after
Álvaro Cunhal released the report The Path to Victory – The tasks of the Party in the National and Democratic Revolution, which became an important document in the anti-fascist struggle.
1966
August 6, The
Salazar Bridge is inaugurated in
Lisbon above the
Tagus river. It is the longest suspension bridge in Europe and a replica (made by the same engineers) of the
Golden Gate bridge in
San Francisco.
Portugal begins a new campaign against the guerillas in
Portuguese Guinea with the arrival of the new governor of the colony, General
António de Spínola.
1969
The Single Party
União Nacional is renamed Acção Nacional Popular (National Popular Action).
The
Political PolicePIDE is renamed DGS (Direcção Geral de Segurança, Directorate-General of Security).
Beginning of the
Primavera Marcelista (Marcelist Springtime), a timid and failed opening of the regime.
November, A
United Nations'
General Assembly vote recognizes the Independence of
Guinea-Bissau, unprecedented as it denounced illegal Portuguese aggression and occupation and was prior to complete control and Portuguese recognition.
1974
The
Carnation Revolution of the 25 April puts an end to five decades of dictatorship.