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Portugal timeline
1139
Victory over the Muslims at Ourique is seen as the moment of Portugal's independence from the kingdom of Leon
1147
Alfonso I takes Lisbon from the Muslims, with the unexpected help of some passing English crusaders
1147
Gilbert of Hastings, an English priest, becomes bishop of the recovered see of Lisbon - the first of many such links between England and Portugal
1385
The victory at Aljubarrota, securing the Portuguese throne for John I, is commemorated in the Dominican abbey called Batalha
The abbey of Batalha
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1386
John I, newly victorious in Portugal, proposes an alliance with England which has never been revoked
1415
A Portuguese prince, Henry the Navigator, becomes fascinated by exploration down the coast of Africa and commissions successive voyages
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