Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1474 – 1974

Portuguese Guinea

A state of 1474 – 1974 — 500 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It was replaced by Guinea-Bissau. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
500 years
1474 – 1974
Rulers
2
the Monarch
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Guinea-Bissau: 1974 – 2026Portuguese Guinea: 1474 – 1974

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Philip II of Spain · 1588 – 1598 · no death date to read the end againstManuel II of Portugal · 1908 – 1910 · no death date to read the end against15001600170018001900
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Philip II of Spain1588 – 159810 yearsending not on record
Manuel II of Portugal1908 – 19102 yearsending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1588 – 1910. Median reign 6 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Portugal (official)
    flag, undatedFlag of Portugal (official) · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Portuguese Guinea (1935–1974, lesser)
    coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Portuguese Guinea (1935–1974, lesser) · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood500 years

    stood longer than 86% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record2

    has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Portuguese Guinea · 1474 – 1974Portuguese GuineaGuinea-Bissau · Linked · 1974 – 2026Guinea-Bissau150016001700180019002000
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q2002279 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.