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1455: Birth of King João II ('The Perfect Prince') in Lisbon. He would become one of Portugal's most important monarchs, sponsoring Bartolomeu Dias's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope and negotiating the Treaty of Tordesillas.
1974: The Junta of National Salvation appoints General António de Spínola as the first President of the post-revolutionary Portuguese Republic, beginning the turbulent transition to democracy.

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1791: Poland adopts the Constitution of May 3, the first modern constitution in Europe and the second in the world after the United States Constitution.

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