03/28/1865
Confederate warship departs Lisbon and confusion involving following U.S. ships almost sparks an international incident
Battles/Soldiers
07/17/1859
Estafania, Queen of Portugal, dies of diptheria in Lisbon, aged twenty-two
US/the World
05/11/1865
In Cuba, a powerful Confederate warship reaches Havana from Lisbon in Portugal and learns that the war has ended
Battles/Soldiers
11/11/1861
In Lisbon, King Pedro V of Portugal dies of cholera at the age of twenty-four
US/the World
12/23/1861
In Lisbon, the Cortes declares deceased King Pedro's brother as King Luis I of Portugal
US/the World
10/23/1858
The dispute between France and Portugal over the slave ship "Charles-et-Georges" is settled
Foreign
08/15/1864
The U.S. Navy seizes a Confederate raider, now a British civilian vessel, off the coast of Portugal
Battles/Soldiers
08/24/1864
The U.S.S. Niagara visits Dover on the English coast to drop off a captured British crew
Battles/Soldiers