Timeline of Portuguese history (First Republic)
# Timeline of Portuguese history (First Republic)

This is a historical timeline of Portugal.

## First Republic

### 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.
