End of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Union" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iberian Union">Iberian Union</a>: Portugal acclaims as King <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_IV_of_Portugal" id="mwLw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="João IV of Portugal">João IV of Portugal</a>, ending 59 years of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union" id="mwMA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Personal union">personal union</a> of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Dynasty" id="mwMQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippine Dynasty">Philippine Dynasty</a>.