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On 1 December 1640 — a date still celebrated as Portugal’s Restoration Day — Spanish rule was finally completely overthrown.
When Attila died in 453 the Huns were overthrown and the Avars became the dominant power, occupying the region from the middle of the sixth century to the early ninth century.
The Democratic Party was elected in 1950, and remained in control until 1960, when, faced with increasing social and economic difficulties, it was overthrown by a military coup.
By the early 1800s independence movements had overthrown Spanish rule in most of the Western Hemisphere.
The region’s titular autonomy was upheld until 1910, when the monarchy itself was overthrown.