1889 In Portugal
Events in the year 1889 in Portugal. Incumbents * Monarch: Charles I (beginning October 19) * Prime Minister: José Luciano de Castro Events * 20 October – Portuguese legislative election, 1889 Arts and entertainment Sports Births * 28 April – António de Oliveira Salazar, professor and politician (died 1970) * 30 October – Manuel Guerra, sports shooter. * 15 November – Manuel II of Portugal, king (died 1932) Deaths * 26 September – Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra, Royal prince (born 1847) * 19 October – Luís I of Portugal, king (born 1838) References {{Year in Europe, 1889 1880s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 19th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ...
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1932 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1932 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents * Monarch – George V * Prime Minister – Ramsay MacDonald (Coalition) * Parliament – 36th Events * 1 January — the English Folk Dance and Song Society holds its first festival under this name following merger of the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dance Society. * 8 January — the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees. * 24 January — inmates at Dartmoor Prison mutiny. * 26 January — British submarine sinks off the Dorset coast with all sixty hands. * 1-29 February — with an average precipitation of , this period constitutes the driest calendar month over the United Kingdom as a whole since records began in 1836. * 4-15 February — Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York but do not win any medals. * 1 March — Import Duties Act re-establishes protective trade tariffs. * 15 March — first BBC radio broadcast from the n ...
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1889 In Europe
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and hi ...
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