Portuguese Timor

Portuguese Timor was a colony in Java and Eastern Indonesia (Southeast Asia) that lasted from 1702 to 1975 CE, about 273 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Portuguese traders came to Timor for sandalwood in the 16th century, and a governor was installed in 1702. Treaties with the Netherlands in 1859 and 1914 divided the island, leaving Portugal the east.

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Facts

Dates

1702 to 1975 CE

Duration

273 years

Type

Colony

Region

Java and Eastern Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Lifau, then Dili

Became

• Indonesian occupation of East Timor 1975 to 1999 CE

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 1767 Fall of Ayutthaya
• 1815 Eruption of Tambora
• 1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty
• 1883 Krakatoa erupts
• 1896 Philippine Revolution
• 1942 Fall of Singapore
• 1945 Indonesia declares independence
• 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Lan Na 1292 to 1775 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Later Le dynasty 1428 to 1789 CE
• Lan Xang 1353 to 1707 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• 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
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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