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    TIMELINE OF TIMOR-LESTE

    Jul 03, 2019 2 minutes

    • 43,000 years ago: First evidence of human occupation

    • 1600s: Timor invaded by the Portuguese who set the island up as a trading post and a source of sandalwood.

    • 1849: Timor splits following battle between Portuguese and Dutch. Portuguese take the eastern part in the Treaty of Lisbon.

    • Revolution in Portugal leads to promise to free

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