353 notable events in Portugal — shipwrecks, wars and rail accidents. Page 1 of 4.
- Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
May 3, 2007 · Disappearance
- Carnation Revolution
Apr 25, 1974 · War & armed conflict
- Mary Celeste
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake
Nov 1, 1755 · Earthquake
- USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Air Transat Flight 236
Aug 24, 2001 · Aviation accident
- Donald Crowhurst
date unknown · Disappearance
- 2025 Ascensor da Glória derailment
Sep 3, 2025 · Rail accident
- 28 May 1926 coup d'état
May 28, 1926 · War & armed conflict
- 5 October 1910 revolution
Oct 3, 1910–Oct 5, 1910 · War & armed conflict
- Martinair Flight 495
Dec 21, 1992 · Aviation accident
- Air Astana Flight 1388
Nov 11, 2018 · Aviation accident
- Lisbon Regicide
Feb 1, 1908 · Murder & homicide
- Pamir (ship)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2022 European heatwaves
from Jun 12, 2022 · Natural disaster
- Independent Air Flight 1851
Feb 8, 1989 · Aviation accident
- Liberal Revolution of 1820
Aug 24, 1820 · War & armed conflict
- Forças Populares 25 de Abril
date unknown · Terrorism
- Coup of 25 November 1975
Nov 25, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- Great Hurricane of 1780
Oct 9, 1780–Oct 20, 1780 · Natural disaster
- Air France Flight 009
Oct 28, 1949 · Aviation accident
- Felicity Ace
until Mar 1, 2022 · Maritime disaster
- TAP Flight 425
Nov 19, 1977 · Aviation accident
- Távora affair
Sep 3, 1758 · Scandal & controversy
- 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum
Apr 2, 1383 · War & armed conflict
- Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal
Nov 23, 2002 · Crime & justice
- HMS Cossack (F03)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- June 2017 Portugal wildfires
Jun 17, 2017–Jun 24, 2017 · Fire
- HMS Audacity
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Monarchy of the North
Jan 19, 1919–Feb 14, 1919 · War & armed conflict
- Lisbon massacre
Apr 19, 1506–Apr 21, 1506 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- English ship Revenge (1577)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- German submarine U-124 (1940)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Joana Cipriano
Sep 12, 2004 · Murder & homicide
- SS Naronic
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Revolution of Maria da Fonte
1846 · War & armed conflict
- TSMS Lakonia
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Porto Boat Bridge disaster
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Luísa de Jesus
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal
from Dec 5, 1496 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Engelbert Endrass
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- French battleship Suffren
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse
Mar 4, 2001 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Saltillo Affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- March 1975 Portuguese coup d'état attempt
Mar 11, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- 1531 Lisbon earthquake
Jan 26, 1531 · Earthquake
- SS Ville du Havre
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Viasa Flight 897
May 30, 1961 · Aviation accident
- 1969 Portugal earthquake
Feb 28, 1969 · Earthquake
- SS Ceramic
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Bloody Night (Lisbon, 1921)
Oct 19, 1921 · War & armed conflict
- 1980 Camarate plane crash
Dec 4, 1980 · Aviation accident
- SS Winnipeg
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2010–2014 Portuguese financial crisis
2010–2014 · Crisis
- German submarine U-68 (1940)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides
Feb 20, 2010 · Natural disaster
- Werner Henke
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Tutti Frutti scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Ballet Rose case
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli (1935)
date unknown · Attack (other)
- SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730
Dec 18, 1977 · Aviation accident
- Battle of Évora (1808)
Jul 29, 1808 · War & armed conflict
- German submarine U-211
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Póvoa de Santa Iria train collision
May 5, 1986 · Rail accident
- SS Duchess of York (1928)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- German submarine U-405
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- May 14 Revolt
May 14, 1915 · War & armed conflict
- German submarine U-515
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance
Mar 23, 1951 · Aviation accident
- Killing of Odair Moniz
Oct 21, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- German submarine U-43 (1939)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 1980 Azores Islands earthquake
Jan 1, 1980 · Earthquake
- Azores Summit
Mar 16, 2003 · War & armed conflict
- SATA Air Açores Flight 530M
Dec 11, 1999 · Aviation accident
- Moimenta-Alcafache train crash
Sep 11, 1985 · Rail accident
- German submarine U-154 (1941)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- António Luís Costa
Jan 1, 2005–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Case of the French children abandoned in Alcácer do Sal
May 19, 2026 · Crime & justice
- German submarine U-67 (1940)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- SS Medic
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 31 January 1891 revolt
Jan 31, 1891 · Riot & unrest
- SS Volturno (1906)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- German submarine U-118 (1941)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2024 Madeira wildfires
from Aug 14, 2024 · Fire
- German ship Doggerbank
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- German submarine U-98 (1940)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Assassination attempt on John Paul II (1982)
May 12, 1982 · Murder & homicide
- Vilafrancada
1823 · War & armed conflict
- Brigadas Revolucionárias
date unknown · Terrorism
- Johann Mohr
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Portugal wildfires
date unknown · Fire
- 1983 Turkish embassy attack in Lisbon
Jul 27, 1983 · Terrorism
- German submarine U-406
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 1761 Lisbon earthquake
Mar 31, 1761 · Earthquake
- SS California (1923)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- December 1917 coup d'état
Dec 5, 1917 · War & armed conflict
- 1967 Portugal floods
Nov 25, 1967–Nov 26, 1967 · Natural disaster
- Rail accidents in Portugal
date unknown · Accident
- Chiado Fire
Aug 25, 1988 · Fire
- 2019 Madeira bus crash
Apr 17, 2019 · Road accident