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Henrique Maria Gil de Braganca van Uden

Born 31 Oct 1987

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A life in time

  1. 31 Oct 1987

    Born

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During his lifetime

He has lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1980s · Henrique is born

Who governed

Music

The Widespread Vira Dance Tradition

The vira is a widespread and fast-paced couple dance that has dozens of regional variations. It remains a staple of social life, often performed to a song in strophic form that repeats melodic phrases until the dance concludes.

Daily life

Difficult schooling conditions for rural children

Children often walked several kilometers to attend basic, crowded schools that lacked electricity and indoor toilets, with many students dropping out after the mandatory four-year primary education. To reach school, children often faced cold and rain on foot, sometimes wearing worn-out or repaired clothing.

What it cost

Controlled food prices in 1985

In 1985, the government set the maximum price for a unit of wheat bread at 4.50 escudos and one liter of milk at 62 escudos.

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.Around the world · 1989

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Unknown photographer, Reproduction by Lear 21 at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

What people wore

Pilgrims carried shoes to protect them

When traveling long distances for pilgrimages, people often walked barefoot or in wooden clogs, carrying their good shoes in their hands to protect them from the journey and only putting them on when reaching the sanctuary.

Getting around

Long coach journeys from Paris to Lisbon

In 1984, the 1,830 km coach journey from Paris to Lisbon took 31 hours, maintaining an average commercial speed of 57 km/h.

At the table

Meat as a rare festive luxury

Meat was considered a luxury, often reserved only for special feast days or holidays.