A BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO LISBON HISTORY

5.000 BC
Neolithic megaliths built

1.200 BC
Phoenicians land in the Tagus

138 BC
Romans conquer "Allis Ubbo", rename Felicitas Julia Olisipo

409
Barbarian tribes sweep Iberia

714
Invading Muslims take Olisipo

1147
Crusaders help newly crowned Afonso Henriques conquer city

1385
Battle of Aljubarrota cements independence from Castile

1415
Occupation of Ceuta marks start of "Age of Discoveries"

1496
Expulsion of Jews and Moors

1580
Start of 60 years' Spanish rule

1755
Earthquake destroys Lisbon; Marquês de Pombal rebuilds

1807-1811
Napoleonic wars in Portugal

1910
Declaration of the Republic

1932
Salazar made prime minister

1974
"Carnation Revolution" coup ends decades of dictatorship

1986
Portugal joins European Union

1998
Expo 98 starts tourism boom

2004
Euro 2004 polishes city's image

2007
Signing of EU's Treaty of Lisbon