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Nothing of note happened in the 1980s.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01 2023 7:21pm1st February
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1991 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
"Mosselbaai" or Mossel Bay in English was the first landfall beyond the Cape of Good Hope, so the relevance is that Dias had managed to navigate beyond this barrier. Bartolomeu Dias had been appointed by King João II of Portugal to search for a route to India by sea. He named the landfall "Angra dos Vaqueiros" (The Bay of Cowherds) and called the Cape the name "Cabo das Tormentas" (the 'Cape of Torments'), although King João II later changed this to "Cabo da Boa Esperança" (the Cape of Good Hope). Rounding Cape Horn was a major step in establishing a new trading route.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03 2023 1:51pm1488 Portuguese Explorer, Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
The Battle of Diu was between the Portuguese and a joint fleet of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, and the Zamorin of Calicut with support of the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Hence it was the upstart Portuguese against the established partners in the spice trade monopoly, who had erswhile controlled the availability (and price) of spices to Western Europe. It was a total defeat for the alliance and established the Portuguese Empire.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03 2023 1:51pm1509 The Battle of Diu, naval battle at port of Diu, India between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire, establishes Portuguese trading control
Óscar Carmona came to power in 1926. He is described as "never a supporter of democratic government"! This rebellion, by another general, Adalberto Gastão de Sousa Dias, was an attempt to oust Carmona before he could transform Portuguese politics to his "National Dictatorship" but ended with the surrender and arrest of the rebels, after about 80 deaths and 360 injuries in Porto and more than 70 deaths and 400 injuries in Lisbon. Sousa Dias was exiled and the next year carmona appointed António de Oliveira Salazar as finance minister. Salazar would later replace carmona.... and the rest, as they say, is history.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03 2023 1:51pm1927 Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal
This was as a result of the demands for Civil Rights, which O'Neill had tried to defuse by introducing a Five Point Reform Programme, which granted a number of concessions that were demanded but NOT one man one vote. 12 dissident MPs signed a motion of no confidence against O'Neill and Brian Faulkner resigned from the Government. So, O'Neill called a surprise general election but lost an overall majority among UUP MPs. O'Neil almost lost his own constituency to Ian Paisley and resigned as leader of the UUP and Prime Minister on 28 April 1969.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03 2023 1:51pm1969 Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill announces the dissolution of the Stormont parliament and the holding of new elections
This was a major escalation in British attempts to constrain the IRA, but was a disaster - ending in death of Gunner Robert Curtis on 6th February, who became the first British Army soldier to be killed in the Troubles.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03 2023 1:51pm1971 A series of house searches by the British Army in Catholic areas of Belfast, resulting in serious rioting and gun battles
The outcome of this was that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael formed a coalition to keep Sinn Féin out of power..... which was as likely as a coalition between Labour and the Tories in UK politics.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08 2023 12:31pm2020 Irish General Election: No party wins a majority, Sinn Féin 37 seats and the popular vote, Fianna Fáil 38 seats, Leo Varadkar's ruling Fine Gael 35 seats
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