1859 in Portugal

Events in the year 1859 in Portugal.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:List of years in Portugal

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Pedro V
  • President of the Council of Ministers: Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé (until 16 March), António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira (from 16 March)[1]

Births
  • 1 January - Henrique Pousão, painter (died 1884)
  • 21 September - António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa, nobleman, jurist, magistrate, politician (died 1931)
  • Jaime de Magalhães Lima, philosopher, poet, writer (died 1936)

Deaths
  • 17 January - Francisco de Melo da Gama de Araújo e Azevedo, field marshal, governor of Diu in Portuguese India (born 1773)
  • Honório Barreto, governor of Portuguese Guinea (born 1813)

See also
  • List of colonial governors in 1859#Portugal

References
  1. de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. p. 610.


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