Portuguese Macau

Portuguese Macau was a colony in South China and Taiwan (East Asia) that lasted from 1557 to 1999 CE, about 442 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

A Portuguese trading post leased from the Ming in 1557, the base for trade with Japan and for Jesuit missions into China. Portugal returned it to China in December 1999.

See Portuguese Macau on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1557 to 1999 CE

Duration

442 years

Type

Colony

Region

South China and Taiwan, East Asia

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Macau

Events in East Asia during its time

• 1592 Japanese invasion of Korea
• 1600 Battle of Sekigahara
• 1644 Fall of Beijing
• 1839 First Opium War
• 1853 Perry's black ships
• 1868 Meiji Restoration
• 1911 Xinhai Revolution
• 1937 War with Japan and the Nanjing massacre

Neighbours in East Asia

• Ming dynasty 1368 to 1644 CE
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present
• Joseon 1392 to 1897 CE
• Ganden Phodrang (Dalai Lama government) 1642 to 1951 CE
• Edo period (Tokugawa shogunate) 1603 to 1868 CE
• Muromachi shogunate 1336 to 1573 CE
• Japan (postwar) 1947 CE to the present
• North Korea 1948 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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