13th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1212 | Afonso II of Portugal becomes king. | |
| Culmination of the Reconquista. Christians, amongst them King Afonso II of Portugal, defeat Almohads (Caliph Muhammad an-Nasir) at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. The Christians had 60-100,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and had troops from Western Europe, Castile, Navarre, Aragon, León and Portugal, Military Orders (Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller, Santiago, Cavatrava), and urban Militias. | ||
| 1213 | Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II becomes Almohad Caliph. | |
| 1217 | The town of Alcácer do Sal is conquered to the Moors. | |
| 1233 | Sancho II of Portugal becomes king. | |
| 1236 | Portugal captures most of the Algarve. | |
| 1246 | Pope Innocent IV declares Sancho II an heretic and orders his removal of the throne. | |
| 1247 | Afonso III of Portugal becomes king; Sancho II is exiled to Toledo. | |
| 1254 | First official reunion of the Cortes, the kingdom's general assembly. | |
| 1255 | The city of Lisbon becomes the capital-city of Portugal. | |
| 1272 | Afonso III conquers Faro from the Moors, thus removing all Muslim communities from Portuguese soil and ending the Portuguese Reconquista. | |
| 1276 | John XXI becomes the first and only Portuguese Pope (died 1277). | |
| 1279 | Dinis of Portugal becomes king. | |
| 1297 | Dinis signs a treaty with Ferdinand IV of Castile to define the borders between Portugal and Castile. |
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