The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China officially occurred at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule in the former se
Sino-Portuguese Lisbon Agreement, which was signed in 1887
People's Liberation Army troops entering Macau midday on 20 December 1999.
The last issue of the Official Bulletin of Portuguese Macau, with farewell messages from the president, speaker, prime minister, and Governor of Macau
The first issue of the government gazette of Macau under Chinese rule, issued on the following day
The Portuguese Empire, c. 1415 to 1999, was the first and longest lasting of the European colonial empires. Initiated during the Age of Discovery, at one point territories included parts of the Americ
Handover of Macau
…to China took place and became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC. The handover marked the end of almost six centuries of the Portuguese Empire since 1415. On 20 May 1986, the People's Republic of China, along with Portugal, officially announced that talks on Macanese affairs would take place…
The Conquest of Ceuta on 21 August 1415, led by Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), marked the beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
Vasco da Gama (1469–1524)
The carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai epitomised the might and the force of the Portuguese Armada.
16th century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting a Portuguese nobleman with his retinue in India