In the

history of Portugal The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by ''Homo heidelbergensis''. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the es ...

, the Regeneration ( Portuguese: ''Regeneração'') is the name given to the period of the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy after the military insurrection of 1 May 1851 that caused the end of Costa Cabral's tenure and of the Septembrist government. Despite the ministry that resulted from the strike, presided over by marshal Saldanha, the main person of the Regeneration was

Fontes Pereira de Melo António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo Order of the Tower and Sword, GCTE Order of the Golden Fleece, KGF (; Lisbon, 8 September 1819 – 22 January 1887) was a Portuguese politician, statesman and engineer. He was a leading Member of parliame ...

. Although it cannot be delimited definitely in the time, the period of the Regeneration endured for about 17 years, ending with the ''

Janeirinha In the history of Portugal, the Janeirinha ( Portuguese: ''Little January'') was the name of the movement which on 1 January 1868 protested against the tax on consumables and went on to carry out administrative reform of the country. With great sup ...

'' revolt in 1868, which brought the Reformist Party to power. The Regeneration was characterized by attempts to develop the country economically and modernize it, and the associated stringent fiscal measures.

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