1464 Alfonso repulsed in Africa.
1471 Tangier captured by the Portuguese.
1475 Alfonso marries Juana (Beltraneja) of Castile and claims the Castilian crown,
1476 but is defeated at battle of Toro and concludes with Castile the treaty of Alcantara (1479). Juana retires to a convent.
1481 Alfonso dies. João II the Perfect. The cortes of Evora determines on an inquiry into titles to estates and the abrogation of the judicial powers of the nobles.
1483 The duke of Braganza and other nobles oppose these measures. Braganza executed.
1484 Diogo Cam discovers the Congo and Angola.
1487 Bartholomeu Dias discovers the Cape of Good Hope.
1488 Commercial treaty with England.
1490 Covilhão enters Abyssinia.