1886 in Portugal

Events in the year 1886 in Portugal.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:List of years in Portugal

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Luís I
  • President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 20 February), José Luciano de Castro (from 20 February)[1]

Events
  • 12 May - Angola is incorporated as a colony.
  • 19 May - Creation of the Duke of Albuquerque title.
  • Homosexuality is criminalized.
  • Completion of the Monument to the Restorers, in Restauradores Square, Lisbon.

Births
  • 29 January - Henrique de Sommer, industrialist (died 1944)
  • 14 February - Luís Wittnich Carrisso, botanist (died 1937)
  • 3 March - António Silva, actor (died 1971)

Deaths
  • 19 July - Cesário Verde, poet (born 1855)

See also
  • List of colonial governors in 1886 § 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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