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The Portuguese empire spanned almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Macau in 1999.

Spain's Empire was held for over five and a half centuries, starting in 1492 with the Spanish colonisation of the Americas and lasting until the Green March forced Spain to hand over its last remaining colonial possession, Spanish Sahara, over to Morocco.