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TIMELINES - Goan History

YearMonthDayPlace Goa Event World Event
-1200 India The beginnings of Hinduism
-300 Goa Goa under Mauryan rule of Ashoka the Great
400 Goa "Kadambas conquer Goa. Chandor capital of Devarajah, Bhoja King"
600 Goa Tiswadi (Ilhas) conquered by Chalukyas
1327 Goa "Kadamba rule in Goa collapses, surrender to forces of Mohammed Bin Tughlak"
1460 Portugal Death of Prince Henry the Navigator
1469 Goa "Bahamani King, Mohammed Shah, captures Goa"
1493 Rome Bull of Demarcation issued by Pope Alexander VI
1497 Portugal "Forcible baptism of 20,000 Jews"
1497 Portugal Vasco da Gama sails for India
1498 Portugal Vasco da Gama reaches India
1499 Rome "Leonardo da Vinci's ""Last Supper"" painted"
1502 Portugal Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India
1506 Spain Birth of St. Francis Xavier
1510 12 10 Goa Yusuf Adil Shah forces surrender Goa to Afonso de Albuquerque
1514 Goa Attack by Ismail Adil Shah sustained
1524 Portugal Death of Vasco da Gama
1530 Brazil First Portuguese colonies planted in Brazil
1533 England English Church breaks away from Rome
1534 Goa Occupation of Diu by the Portuguese
1535 Goa Sultan of Gujarat, grants Portuguese site for a fortress at Diu
1536 Portugal Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal
1539 Goa Bishopric of Goa Created
1540 Rome Formation of the Society of Jesus
1540 Goa Persecution of Hindus in Goa
1540 Goa Mass destruction of Hindu temples
1542 Goa St. Francis Xavier arrives in India
1542 Japan Portuguese reach Japan
1542 Goa Jesuits arrive in India
1549 Japan St. Francis Xavier lands in Japan
1552 China St. Francis Xavier's voyage to China and death there
1553 Portugal Poet Cameons sails for India
1556 10 1 Goa Printing Press introduced in Goa. "Conclusionnes Philosophicas" first book published
1557 China Portugal secures a foothold in Macau
1560 Goa Establishment of the Inquisition in Goa
1561 Goa Occupation of Daman by the Portuguese
1567 12 4 Goa Ecclesiastical Council orders the expulsion of all non-Christian priests, teachers, and holy men
1570 Goa Goa under siege by Ismail Adil Shah
1571 Portugal Publication of The Lusiads
1580 Portugal Portugal united to Spain
1602 Holland Dutch East India Company formed
1603 Goa Blockade by Dutch lasting several years
1622 Rome St. Francis Xavier canonized by Pope Gregory XV
1638 Sri Lanka Dutch conquer Portuguese settlements in Ceylon
1639 Goa Blockade by Dutch
1651 3 21 Goa Father Joseph Vaz born
1653 Goa Mutiny led by Fr. Mateus de Castro to overthrow Portuguese rule
1661 Bombay Bombay given to British as part of dowry of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II of England
1683 12 11 Goa Attack on Goa by Marathas under Sambhaji
1685 Goa Father Joseph Vaz forms the Oratorian order
1698 E. Africa Portuguese lose Mombasa
1711 1 16 Ceylon Father Joseph Vaz dies
1722 Goa Treaty with the Maratha King Shahu
1737 Goa Start of war with Marathas and Portuguese for Bassein
1739 Goa Marathas attack Goa
1741 Goa Marathas and Bhonsles defeated by Portuguese forces
1759 Old Goa Viceroy takes up residence in Panaji
1759 Goa Peace concluded with Marathas
1763 Goa Acquisition of Ponda, Sanguem and Quepem to Goa territory
1764 Goa Canacona added to Goa
1787 Goa ""Conspiracy of Pintos"". Pinto families in Bardez conspire to overthrow Portuguese and form sovereign republic
1797 Goa British blockade Goa
1812 Goa Pernem added to Goa
1812 Goa End of the Inquisition
1813 Goa Representative sent to House of Representatives in Lisbon
1813 Goa End of British blockade
1843 Goa Panaji declared capital of Goa
1852 Goa Uprising headed by Dipali Rauji Sardesai
1869 1 21 Goa Fr. Agnelo De Souza born in Anjuna
1885 India Indian National congress established
1895 Goa Uprising headed by Dadaji Rauji Rane Sardesai, who was deported to Timor, and died there
1898 9 22 Goa Fr. Agnelo ordained in Cathedral of Saint Catherine, Old Goa
1900 Goa Start of O Heraldo, Goa's first daily paper
1906 Timor Dadaji Rauji Rane Sardesai dies in Timor
1910 10 5 Portugal Proclamation of Portuguese Republic
1920 India Mahatma Gandhi starts first civil disobedience campaign against the British.
1926 5 28 Portugal Start of Salazar's rule
1927 12 12 Goa Fr. Agnelo dies, age 58, at Rachol Seminary
1946 6 18 Goa Satyagraha by Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
1947 8 15 India Union of India created
1947 8 15 Pakistan Pakistan created by partition from former British India
1948 India Mahatma Gandhi assassinated
1954 7 21 Goa Liberation of Dadra
1954 8 2 Goa Liberation of Nagar Aveli
1958 5 29 Rome Process for Beatification for Fr. Agnelo approved by Pope Pius XII
1961 12 9 Goa Start of Operation Vijaya by Indian Army to liberate Goa
1961 12 19 Goa Liberation of Goa, and integration with India accomplished
1963 12 8 Goa First election to House of Assembly
1975 2 India Sahitya Akademi recognizes Konkani as a modern Indian language
1984 India Indira Gandhi assassinated
1987 Goa Goa attains Statehood
1991 India Rajiv Gandhi assassinated
1995 3 21 Colombo Beatification of Father Joseph Vaz by Pope John Paul II

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