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Wars involving Portugal

  • Iraq WarOn the 12th of September 2002, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City and declared Iraq a member of the…
  • French Revolutionary WarsIn the spring of 1792, France declared war on Austria and Prussia. This decision followed a series of diplomatic tensions that had been building since the…
  • Hundred Years' WarIn 1328, Charles IV of France died without any sons or brothers. This death triggered a succession crisis that would eventually ignite the Hundred Years' War.
  • Peninsular WarIn July 1807, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte issued orders to his Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord demanding Portugal declare war on…
  • World War IOn the 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria visited Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip stood in the street where his car turned.