HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588
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The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza
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Due to Portuguese independence from Spain
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The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a marriage treaty the King was given a huge dowry by the Portuguese. As a part of that dowry, Portugal handed over the city of Bombay and Tangiers to Charles II on 3rd July 1661.
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: Marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza was the occasion of handing over of Bombay to Britishers by the Portuguese (as part of dowry ).
Detailed explanation-3: -On 11 May 1661, the marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV of Portugal, placed Bombay in the possession of the British Empire, as part of Catherine’s dowry to Charles, along with the North African city of Tangier.
Detailed explanation-4: -Charles II (r. 1660–85) married Catherine of Braganza in May 1662. Part of her large dowry was the Portuguese territory of ‘Bom Bahia’ (Bombay) on the western coast of India, modern Mumbai.
Detailed explanation-5: -King Charles II of England received as a part of his dowry from the Portuguese King, on occasion of his marriage with Catherine.