Portugal was a country in southwestern Europe. It was bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by Spain. Lisbon was one of its cities. (PROSE: Asylum, Moments of Passing)
Portuguese was spoken in Portugal. (PROSE: Moments of Passing)
Geography[]
The Azores Islands were part of Portugal. (PROSE: The Fortunate Isles)
History[]
Early history[]
By the 17th century, Portugal was among the countries which took over Venice's trade as its naval importance was reduced. (PROSE: A History of Humankind)
In 1682, a group of Portuguese settlers called bandeirantes tried to enslave people from a Tupi village. (COMIC: Slaver's Song)
19th century[]
Portugal was one of the allied nations which opposed Napoléon Bonaparte's French Empire in the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century. Following the Battle of Trafalgar, Napoleon invaded Portugal along with Spain. Portugal fought against France in the Peninsular War. (PROSE: World Game) Soldiers from this conflict were taken by the War Lords to fight in their War Game. (TV: The War Games) Arthur Wellesley was sent to Portugal, in charge of a British expeditionary force, and fought his way up through Portugal, into Spain and eventually into France. Six of Napoleon's marshals, comprising the majority, were defeated by Wellesley one after another, battle after battle, victory after victory. Portugal and Spain remained in perpetual revolt, forcing Napoleon, surrounded by his enemies, back to Paris. (PROSE: World Game)
On 4 December 1872, the Mary Celeste was found, abandoned, midway between the Azores and Portugal. (PROSE: The Chase)
21st century[]
In Portugal in 2006, girls started experiencing symptoms of a fictional virus they’d seen in a teen soap. Oliver Morgenstern researched the event as an example of mass hysteria. (AUDIO: Hysteria)
At 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September 2009, Portugal was among the numerous places across Earth in which RTAs occurred as a result of the 456 compelling every human child to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming." (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)
In the 2010s, Erimem visited the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia in Lisbon to watch the return of a small shipment of Bronze Age ironwork from the London Museum of Antiquity. (PROSE: Moments of Passing)