26 April 1809
Invasion of Portugal
Lands at Lisbon with a new British army
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lisbon in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Lands at Lisbon with a new British army
He described it as "pure, beautiful, inventive football.."
John "Jock" Stein guides Celtic to victory in the final of the European Cup against previous champions and Italian giants Inter Milan.
John Stein won with a team whose players were all born within 30 miles of Glasgow.
Shankly famously tells Stein "John, youre immortal now."
Stein becomes the first man not only to guide a Scottish club to champions of Europe, but also the first to achieve this honour with a British club.
Stein said, "We did it by playing football.."
Attends talks in Lisbon about the future of Gibraltar
Supports the Lisbon Agreement on easing the Gibraltar frontier.
Bobby Robson moves to Sporting Lisbon where his Portuguese interpreter is a young Jose Mourinho, future F.C. Porto and Chelsea manager
Brown signs the European Union reform treaty at Lisbon.
Brown signs the Treaty of Lisbon after becoming Prime Minister.
In the UK, the European Union (Amendment) Bill is debated in the House of Commons on and passes its second reading that day by a vote of 362 to 224; Prime Minister Gordon Brown is absent that day, and leaves the Bill to be defended by David Miliband
The treaty makes qualified-majority voting the standard procedure in additional Council decisions.
Brown's government implements the institutional changes created by the Treaty of Lisbon.
The treaty introduces a future double-majority system for qualified-majority voting.
The Treaty of Lisbon enters into force across the European Union.
The voting system requires support from a majority of European Union member states.
The treaty expands opportunities for national parliaments to examine European legislation.
The treaty establishes population and member-state thresholds for future Council majorities.
The treaty extends qualified-majority voting across additional European policy areas.
Heads Real Madrid in front during extra time against Atletico Madrid.
Provenance
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