1900 in Portugal

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The following are the events that occurred in the year 1900 in Portugal .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles I
• Prime Minister:
  • José Luciano de Castro (Progressive) (until 26 June)
  • Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (Regeneraton) (from 26 June)

Events

• 28 May – A solar eclipse occurs with the path of totality crossing north-central Portugal. ^[1]
• 26 June – Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro replaces José Luciano de Castro as Prime Minister. ^[2]
• October or November – The first sound recordings made in Portugal are produced in Porto by engineer William Darby, ^[3] who creates a series of gramophone discs documenting sounds of local music as part of a European recording campaign for the Gramophone Company. ^[4]
• 25 November – Legislative election: The Regeneration Party of Prime Minister Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro wins an absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, taking 104 of the 138 seats available. The Progressive Party wins 28 seats to finish as the second largest party. ^[2]

Undated

• The Lousal mine in the modern-day Setúbal District begins its 88-year history as a source of pyrite for agricultural sulphur fertilisers. ^[5]

Arts and entertainment

Main article: 1900 in art

Sports

Main article: 1900 in sports

Births

• 17 January – Olga Álvares Pereira de Melo  [ pt ], philanthropist (d. 1996). ^[6]
• 22 April – Tomaz Vieira da Cruz, poet (d. 1960). ^[7]
• 9 June – José Gomes Ferreira, writer (d. 1985). ^[8]
• 30 July – Fernando Valle  [ pt ], politician and physician (d. 2004). ^[9]

Deaths

António de Serpa Pimentel

• 2 March – António de Serpa Pimentel, Prime Minister of Portugal (1890) (b. 1825). ^[10]
• 18 March – António Nobre, poet (b. 1867). ^[11]
• 30 July – Augusto César Barjona de Freitas  [ pt ], jurist and politician (b. 1834). ^[12]
• 16 August – José Maria de Eça de Queirós, writer (b. 1845). ^[13]
• 28 December – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, explorer and administrator, Governor-General of Cape Verde (b. 1846). ^[14]

References

1. Carolino, Luis Miguel; Simões, Ana (2012). "The Eclipse, the Astronomer and his Audience: Frederico Oom and the Total Solar Eclipse of 28 May 1900 in Portugal" . Annals of Science. 69 (2): 215–238. doi:10.1080/00033790.2011.601278. S2CID   143163595 . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
2. Tavares de Almeida, Pedro (2010). "Portugal". In Dieter Nohlen; Philip Stöver (eds.). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Nomos. pp. 1255–1277. ISBN   9783832956097.
3. Passos, Nuno (9 October 2007). "Primeira gravação portuguesa tem 107 anos". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. Belchior, Susanna (2013). "Sinkler Darby's 1900 expedition for the Gramophone Company in Portugal". In Pekka Gronow; Christiane Hofer (eds.). The Lindström Project: Contributions to the history of the record industry. Vol. 5. pp. 15–24.
5. Relvas, J.M.R.S.; Pinto, A.; Fernandes, C.; Matos, J.X.; Vieira, A.; Mendonça, A.; Malha, C.; Albuquerque, F.; Alegre, L.; Abrunhosa, M.; Pinheiro, M.; Oliveira, M.; Alves, M.; Ferreira, M.; Rufino, R.; Pratas, S.; Ferreira, T. "Lousal: an old mine, a recent dream, a new reality" (PDF). Comunicações Geológicas. 101 (Especial 1): 1345–1347.
6. Machado, Mário João. "Marquesa de Cadaval". Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
7. "Vieira da Cruz". Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Merriam Webster; Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1995. p. 1166. ISBN   9780877790426.
8. Miguel Queirós, Luís (9 June 2000). "O poeta da rua das Musas". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
9. "Dr Fernando Valle" . The Times . 10 December 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
10. "Morte do Conselheiro d'Estado Antonio de Serpa Pimentel" (PDF). Diario Illustrado (in Portuguese). Vol. 9, no. 960. 3 March 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
11. Lopes Cordeiro, José Manuel (10 March 2002). "O monumento a António Nobre". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
12. "Conselheiro Barjona de Freitas" (PDF). O Occidente (in Portuguese). Vol. 777. 30 July 1900. p. 166. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
13. "Parlamento aprova transladação de Eça de Queiroz para o Panteão Nacional". TVI24 (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
14. "Arquivo Particular Serpa Pinto". Arquivo Histórico Militar (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 February 2021.