1879 in Portugal

← 1878 1877 1876 1879 in Portugal → 1880 1881 1882
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1879 in Portugal .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Luís I
• President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 1 June), Anselmo José Braamcamp (from 1 June) ^[1]

Events

• 19 October - Legislative election

Births

• 21 November - Raul Lino, architect (died 1974)
• 30 December - Manuel Gourlade, football manager (died 1908)
• António Correia de Oliveira, poet (died 1960)

Deaths

• 20 February - Joaquim Heliodoró da Cunha Rivara, physician, professor, intellectual, politician (born 1809)
• Eugênia Câmara, actress (born 1837)

See also

• List of colonial governors in 1879#Portugal

References

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