Friday was the 5th of October. Doesn’t say much to the English but it’s an important day for the Portuguese. 5th of October 1910 was the day we ended the Monarchy in Portugal and we became a Republic.

But England had it’s influence on it. The British Ultimatum was one of the events that were the last drop against the Monarchy and after most of the royal family was killed, the remaining prince (which was only king for a very short period) ran away to England.

So on the 5th of October we also got a new flag and a new National Anthem. It’s lyrics reflect the revolutionary atmosphere of the time against the English and the Monarchy. But we are all friends now

If you want to know more the is something on wikipedia about it. It is in Portuguese though. You can ask google to translate it but I can tell you it does a very poor job.