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1500: Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet departs from Porto Seguro, Brazil, continuing its voyage to India after claiming the new land for Portugal. Cabral dispatches one ship back to Lisbon to inform King Manuel I of the discovery.
1808: The people of Madrid rise up against Napoleon's occupying forces in the Dos de Mayo Uprising. The revolt and its brutal suppression inspire resistance across the Iberian Peninsula, galvanising the Portuguese guerrilla war against French occupation.

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1519: Leonardo da Vinci dies at Amboise, France, at the age of 67, leaving behind an unmatched legacy in art, science, and engineering.

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