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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1920, April 8 | |
| Portugal joined the League of Nations. | 1 |
| 1923, Aug. 6 | |
| Teixeira Gomes succeeded as president. | 2 |
| 1925, April 18–19 | |
| An attempted military coup directed against the democratic regime led to some shooting and bloodshed in Lisbon but then collapsed from want of leadership. | 3 |
| Dec. 16 | |
| Bernardino Machado was again elected president. The general situation was improving: the budget tended to be balanced, the currency became stable again, public works were on the rise, and agrarian reforms and social welfare were being actively discussed in government circles. But it was too late; Republicans were tending toward radicalism, but their traditional supporters, the middle- and lower-class people of Lisbon, were tired of the constant instability. | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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