Timeline of Portuguese history (First Republic)

This is a historical timeline of Portugal.

1910

 * October 4 - Beginning of the Republican Revolution. The Republic is proclaimed in Loures, just north of Lisbon.
 * October 5
 * The Republican Revolution, supported by popular uprising and virtually no resistance, is victorious and puts an end to the Monarchy.
 * The last King of Portugal, Manuel II of Portugal, and the Portuguese Royal Family embark in Ericeira for exile in England.
 * The Republic is officially proclaimed in Lisbon.

1917

 * Portugal joins the allied forces in World War I.

1921

 * The Portuguese Communist Party was founded from the ranks of the Portuguese Maximalist Federation as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.

1925

 * Bernardino Machado is elected President of the Republic for the 2nd time.

1926

 * The 28 May 1926 military coup d'état ends the 1st Portuguese Republic.