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	John V of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John V used much of the crown's treasure to develop Portugal's weak economy (creating new manufactures all over the country), to patronise the arts and intellectuals (Royal academies were founded) and to regain his country's lost prestige among its European neighbors after the recovery of independence from Spain (1640).
		John V died on July 31 1750 in Lisbon, and was succeeded by his son Prince Joseph.
		John married Mary Anne of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1708.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_V_of_Portugal (817 words)

	Portugal - MSN Encarta
		John II King John II (reigned 1481-1495), a son of Afonso V, was one of Portugal’s ablest rulers.
		John’s reign coincided with the emergence of the Counter Reformation, the Roman Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
		John, duke of Braganza, grandson of a former pretender to the throne, was elected John IV, first king of the house of Braganza.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558260_10/Portugal.html (1584 words)

	Portugal - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Portugal’s economy benefited from increased trade ties to Europe and from EU financial aid aimed at improving the country’s infrastructure, including recent EU grants funding a significant portion of the costs of the massive Alqueva dam project on the Guadiana River.
		John’s reign is best known for the work done under the direction of his son Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, in exploring the African coast for an eastward route to the Indies.
		Portugal’s entry in the EC spurred unprecedented economic growth, in part because the EC (and later its successor, the European Union) began to funnel large financial transfers to Portugal for economic modernization and infrastructure development.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761558260__1/Portugal.html (12672 words)

	John V, king of Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(John the Magnanimous), 1689–1750, king of Portugal (1706–50), son and successor of Peter II.
		After the war, John sought to maintain Portugal’s alliance with England and to keep peace, except in giving assistance (1716–17) to the Venetians against the Ottomans.
		Enriched by gold from Brazil, John was a patron of arts and letters, had a sumptuous court, and erected beautiful buildings in Lisbon.
	www.bartleby.com /65/jo/John5Por.html (189 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - New Monarchies: Portugal
		The continual disputation of succession was exacerbated by the policy of intermarriage between the royal houses of Portugal and Castile that was initiated by Diniz of Portugal (1261-1325) and Ferdinand IV of Castile and León (1286?-1312) to end the wars between their two kingdoms.
		John I of Portugal reinforced the Portuguese-English alliance by signing another treaty and marrying one of John of Gaunt's daughters.
		John II the Perfect (1455-1495) acted as regent between 1475 and 1477 when his father was at war with Castile and became king following Alfonso V's death in 1381.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/monarchies5.html (634 words)

	John II (of Portugal) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John II (of Portugal), in Portuguese, João II, called The Perfect (1455-1495), the son of King Alfonso V, born in Lisbon.
		King John II restored the prestige the monarchy had lost at home during the reigns of his two predecessors, subjecting the turbulent nobles to his...
		John V, (Port., João V) (1689-1750), King of Portugal (1706-1750), the son of Pedro II.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /John_II_(of_Portugal).html (211 words)

	Alfonso V (of Portugal) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portugal, republic in south-western Europe, situated in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered on the north and east by Spain and on...
		Alfonso V (of Portugal), called The African (1432-1481), King of Portugal (1438-1481), son of King Edward (Duarte), born in Cintra (now Sintra).
		She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Alfonso_V_(of_Portugal).html (130 words)

	Portugal at Caribbean Topfunwebsites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the Euro in 1999, with very restrictive criteria, and began circulating its new currency on January 1, 2002 along with 12 other EU members.
		Portugal was recognized as a autonomous kingdom by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
	www.topfunwebsites.com /guyana/portugal.html (6959 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Charles V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CHARLES V [Charles V] 1500-1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519-58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516-56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy.
		Two of his illegitimate children were Don John of Austria and Margaret of Parma.
		Charles V. Willie and Kelly Frels spoke on "Brown and Education Law Association at 50: The Journey Continues".(News and Notes)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Charles5HRE.asp (1523 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Sir Jean Froissart: John of Gaunt in Portugal, 1385
		The King of Portugal, hearing that the duke was set out from St. Jago, left Oporto with six hundred spears, and went to a town called in that country Monçao, the last town of Portugal on that side.
		The King of Portugal was that day clothed in white lined with crimson, with a red cross of St. George, being the dress of the Order of Avis, of which he was grand master.
		Sir John and Sir Reginald eyed each other, to see if any advantage were to be gained, for their horses were so excellent that they could manage them as they pleased, and sticking spurs into them, hit their helmets so sharply that their eyes struck fire and the shafts of their lances were broken.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/1385gaunt-portugal.html (2535 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> 1750 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		JosÃ© I takes over the throne of Portugal from his deceased father, JoÃ£o V. King JosÃ© Manuel appoints the Marquis of Pombal as his Chief Minister, who then strips the Inquisition of its power.
		John Cleland publishes Fanny Hill, or The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
		July 31 - King John V of Portugal (b.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/1750 (405 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Euro 2004 \| Portugal break England hearts
		Portugal: Ricardo, Miguel (Rui Costa 79), Andrade, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Maniche, Costinha (Simao 63), Deco, Figo (Postiga 75), Nuno Gomes, Ronaldo.
		Portugal have reached the semi-finals of the European Championships for the third time in history and the second time in succession.
		Portugal are only the second country at the European Championships to miss a penalty during a deciding shoot-out and still progress to the next round.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3830451.stm (1202 words)

	John V of Portugal - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		o Magnânimo) – (October 22, 1689 – July 31, 1750), 24th (or 25th according to some historians) king of Portugal, was born in Lisbon and succeeded his father Peter II in December 1706, being proclaimed on January 1 1707.
		In what most probably was an effort to taim the upper nobility, John V built his own Versailles, the not so luxurious Palace of Mafra.
		John V used much of the crown's treasure to develop Portugal's weak economy (creating new manufactures all over the country), to patronise the arts and intellectuals (Royal academies were founded) and to regain his country's lost prestige among its European neighbors after the secession from Spain (1640).
	voyager.in /John_V_of_Portugal (672 words)

	The Wars of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Chaves, Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although John was crowned in 1641, the success of the new regime was not finally assured until 1688, when Spain at last recognized Portuguese independence.
		Portugal’s recent friends, France and England were on opposing sides; and although Portugal sought to remain neutral, it eventually joined the Anglo-Austrian Grand Alliance in 1703, by which it afforded a base for the archduke Charles (later the emperor Charles VI) to conduct his war for the Spanish throne.
		A half century later, in 1762, when the famous Marquis of Pombal was now behind the throne of John V, Portugal had to invoke the English alliance because Spain, prompted by the renewal of the Bourbon Family Compact alliance with France, once more decided to invade Portugal.
	www.portcult.com /07.HIST4.17TH.htm (1182 words)

	Portugal v France
		We showed that Portugal deserve more respect in the future but we had a dream of getting to the final and it was not possible.
		Portugal departed the competition a raging, brawling rabble after France were awarded a penalty in the 26th minute of extra time.
		France were stung but, with Portugal again showing admirable discipline in their midfield and defence, they struggled to create clear goalscoring opportunities before the interval.
	members.fortunecity.com /dollypuzzle/game29.html (2915 words)

	CNN.com - arts & style - U.S. historian opened Portugal's eyes to its artistic wealth - August 4, 2000
		Portugal has some of the richest examples of such baroque art in the world, but its historical value and importance went largely unnoticed -- even for many Portuguese -- until an American visitor brought it to a wider audience.
		Smith at first was drawn to Portugal to study the work of 18th-century Italian architect Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-1773), who designed a chapel at the Sao Roque church in Lisbon.
		The chapel, commissioned by King John V of Portugal and now a pool of calm amid the capital's grinding traffic jams, is viewed as the epitome of classical baroque.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/STYLE/design/08/04/portugal.baroque.ap (1500 words)

	Portugal
		The expansion of Portugal was brilliantly coordinated by John's son, Prince Henry the Navigator.
		The new king, Manoel II, was driven from the throne in the revolution of 1910, and Portugal became a French-style republic.
		Portugal was admitted to the European Economic Community (now European Union) on Jan. 1, 1986, and on Feb. 16, Mario Soares became the country's first civilian president in 60 years.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107895.html (1365 words)

	The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers (benedict) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Like his predecessor, John IX, he recognized Formosus, by whom he was himself ordained priest, as a lawful pope at a Roman synod in August.
		At the end of 963, the emperor Otto I deposed the dissolute John XII in a synod at Rome and caused a prominent Roman layman to be put in his place as Leo VIII, taking an oath of the people that they would thenceforth choose no pope without his consent and that of his son.
		Thus he appeased John V of Portugal by the privilege of enjoying the revenues of vacant bishoprics and abbeys in his kingdom, as well as by the title of Rex fidelissimus.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc02.benedict.html?bcb=0 (5541 words)

	John V - TheBestLinks.com - TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, John V Palaeologus, John V of Portugal, Pope John V, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		John V was the name of a number of leaders:
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	John V of Portugal at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John (João) V (1689-1750), king of Portugal, was born at Lisbon on October 22 1689, and succeeded his father Peter II of Portugal in December 1706, being proclaimed on January 1 1707.
		In October 1708 he married Mary Anne, daughter of Leopold I, thus strengthening the alliance with Austria; the series of unsuccessful campaigns which ensued ultimately terminated in a favourable peace with France in 1713 and with Spain in 1715.
		John V died on July 31 1750, and was succeeded by his son Joseph.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /John_V_of_Portugal.html (307 words)

	July 31st
		Perhaps in the interval of their work they were talking of their wedding clothes, and John was suiting several sorts of poppies and wild-flowers to her complexion, to choose her a hat for the wedding-day.
		While they were thus busied (it was between two and three o'clock in the afternoon), the clouds grew fl, and such a storm of lightning and thunder ensued, that all the labourers made the best of their way to what shelter the trees and hedges afforded.
		Sarah was frighted, and fell down in a swoon on a heap of barley; John, who never separated from her, having raked together two or three heaps, the better to secure her from the storm.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/july/31.htm (1671 words)

	Adeste Fideles
		John Francis Wade was born circa 1711 in England the son of a cloth merchant, John Wade, who had numerous connections to Leeds.
		Dom Stéphan noted that in a subsequent copy (the 1750 Stonyhurst copy), the "Prayer for the King" omitted James in favor of Joseph, the son of King John V of Portugal, who ascended to the throne in 1750.
		John Francis Wade, a Layman, aged 75, with whose beautiful Manuscript Books our Chapels as well as private Families abound, in writing which, and teaching the Latin and Church Song he chiefly spent his Time.
	www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Hymns_and_Carols/Notes_On_Carols/adeste_fideles.htm (2476 words)

	Ferdinand VI
		Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, second son of Philip V, founder of the Bourbon dynasty, by his first marriage with Maria Louisa of Savoy, was born at Madrid on the 23rd of September 1713.
		Ferdinand was married in 1729 to Maria Magdalena Barbara, daughter of John V of Portugal.
		The very homely looks of his wife were thought by observers to cause the prince a visible shock when he was first presented to her.
	www.nndb.com /people/932/000097641 (351 words)

	Bartholomeu Lourenco de Gusmao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He went to Portugal to study at the University of Coimbra, where he devoted himself principally to the study of philology and mathematics.
		He petitioned King John V Portugal for the privilege of demonstrating an airship which he had invented.
		King John V named him to a professorship at the University of Coimbra and made him a canon.
	www.netreach.net /~nhojem/gusmao.htm (197 words)

	History, Spain: Page 1. Index to Biographical Entries. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John I, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona
		John I, Spanish king of Castile and León
		John II, Spanish king of Castile and León
	bartleby.com /65/cat/bio/sphistbio1.html (352 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bartholomeu Lourenco de Gusmao
		He began his novitiate in the Society of Jesus at Bahia when he was about fifteen years old, but left the same in 1701.
		He went to Portugal and found a patron at Lisbon in the person of the Marquess d'Abrantes.
		In 1709 he presented a petition to King John V of Portugal, begging a privilege for his invention of an airship, in which he expressed the greatest confidence.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07089b.htm (630 words)

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