1908 in Portugal

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See also:List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1908 in Portugal.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Charles I (until 1 February), then Emmanuel II
  • Prime Minister: João Franco (until 4 February); Francisco Ferreira do Amaral (4 February–26 December); Artur de Campos Henriques (starting 26 December)

Events

  • 28 January – Municipal Library Elevator Coup
  • 1 February – The Lisbon Regicide, assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
  • 5 April – Portuguese legislative election, 1908.[1]

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Births

Manoel de Oliveira
  • 13 March – Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, abstract painter (died 1992)
  • 11 June – Francisco Marto, Marian apparition witness, beatified (died 1919)
  • 11 December – Manoel de Oliveira, film director (died 2015)

Deaths

  • 1 February
    • Carlos I of Portugal, king (born 1863)
    • Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, prince (born 1887)

References

  1. ^ "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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