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Afonso Costa
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1914
December
12
Azevedo Coutinho becomes Prime Minister of Portugal
On 12 December 1914 naval officer Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho became Portugal's prime minister. His almost wholly Democratic cabinet met resistance at once.
1915
January
25
Pimenta de Castro becomes prime minister of Portugal
On 25 January 1915, after an officers' protest, President Arriaga gave the Portuguese government to General Pimenta de Castro, who ruled without parliament.
May
14
Fall of Pimenta de Castro's government
On 14 May 1915 the navy and armed civilians rose in Lisbon against the dictatorship of General Pimenta de Castro. His government fell that same day.
28
Teófilo Braga becomes President of Portugal
At the end of May 1915 the Portuguese Congress elected the 72-year-old writer and scholar Teófilo Braga president, to complete Manuel de Arriaga's term.
29
Resignation of Manuel de Arriaga
On 29 May 1915 Manuel de Arriaga, first elected president of Portugal, resigned before Congress. The May rising's victors saw him as abetting dictatorship.
June
19
José de Castro becomes prime minister of Portugal
On 19 June 1915 José de Castro, acting head of Portugal's government since May, took the helm of a new cabinet made up mainly of Afonso Costa's Democrats.
August
06
Bernardino Machado elected president of Portugal
On 6 August 1915 Portugal's Congress elected former prime minister Bernardino Machado president. He won only on the third ballot and took office on 5 October.
October
05
Bernardino Machado takes office as president
On 5 October 1915, the fifth anniversary of the republic's proclamation, Bernardino Machado was sworn in as President of Portugal, succeeding Teófilo Braga.
November
29
Afonso Costa prime minister again
On 29 November 1915 Afonso Costa, leader of the Democrats, became head of the Portuguese government for the second time, replacing José de Castro's cabinet.
1916
February
23
Portugal seizes German ships
On 23 February 1916, at Britain's request, the Portuguese seized 36 German and Austrian ships that had lain in the Tagus off Lisbon since the start of the war.
March
09
Key event
Germany declares war on Portugal
On 9 March 1916 the German minister Friedrich Rosen handed over a note in Lisbon stating that Germany considered itself at war with Portugal.
15
António José de Almeida becomes prime minister of Portugal
On 15 March 1916 the Evolutionist António José de Almeida took charge of the wartime "Sacred Union" government. Afonso Costa became its finance minister.
August
07
Portugal decides to send troops to Europe
On 7 August 1916 the Portuguese parliament accepted a British invitation to take part in the war in Europe. A corps from Tancos was to go to the Western Front.
1917
April
25
Afonso Costa prime minister for the third time
On 25 April 1917 Afonso Costa became head of the Portuguese government for the third time, replacing Almeida's "Sacred Union" with a cabinet of Democrats only.
December
08
Sidónio Pais's coup
On 8 December 1917, after three days of fighting in Lisbon, Costa's government fell to the revolutionary junta of Major Sidónio Pais, an opponent of the war.