On this day, 115 years ago, on October 4, 1910 (September 2, 1910), the Portuguese Revolution broke out. Soldiers of the Portuguese Royal Army in Lisbon On October 4, 1910, the King of Portugal fled. A new republic was being built. The Portuguese Revolution broke out in 1910. In 1820, Portugal established a constitutional monarchy. On October 4, 1910, the Republicans, led by Dos Santos, president of the Association of Charcoal Burners, launched an uprising in Lisbon with the support of part of the garrison, bombarded the palace from two cruisers, and the people responded. The next day, the government surrendered, King Manuel fled to England, and the monarchy was overthrown. The leaders of the uprising declared Portugal a republic and established a provisional government headed by Teofilo Braga. The provisional government issued a series of decrees declaring the separation of church and state, expelling the Jesuits, depriving monasteries and religious groups of legal protection, abolishing the title of nobility, and introducing freedom of marriage. In August 1911, the Legislative Assembly adopted the Constitution of the Republic, which stipulated that the Parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives; the President has executive power, elected by the electoral council for a term of four years, and can not be re-elected; freedom of the press and belief; the implementation of the 8-hour workday; workers have the right to strike. After 1911, the government of the Republic defeated the royalist attacks twice and consolidated the republic. But this revolution did not touch the rural economic system.