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Senior University begins academic year with 1,670 students

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The Albicastrense Senior University started the new academic year with a total of 1,670 students, a growth of 7.5% compared to the number of students who attended the previous year.

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Senior University begins academic year with 1,670 students

Portugal

1391: The future King Duarte, 'o Eloquente', is born in Viseu, son and from 1400 heir of João I and Philippa of Lancaster. A scholar-king and author of the 'Leal Conselheiro', his short reign was marked by the disastrous expedition to Tangier in 1437.
1886:Porto's Ponte Luís I opens
The upper deck of the Ponte Luís I over the Douro, designed by Théophile Seyrig and built by the Belgian Société de Willebroeck, is inaugurated in Porto on the king's birthday. The lower deck followed in 1888, and the two-tier iron arch became the enduring emblem of the city.
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Elsewhere

1517: Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses against the sale of indulgences to the Archbishop of Mainz, the act traditionally dated as the start of the Protestant Reformation.

When did East Timor (Timor-Leste) become an independent state after Portuguese decolonization and Indonesian occupation?

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