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1896 In Portugal
Events in the year 1896 in Portugal. Incumbents *List of Portuguese monarchs, Monarch: Carlos I of Portugal, Carlos I *Prime Minister of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers: Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro Births * 23 March - José Balbino da Silva, footballer (deceased) * 12 April - Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896), Vítor Cândido Gonçalves, footballer (died 1965 in Portugal, 1965) * 19 July - António Ribeiro dos Reis, footballer, journalist (died 1961 in Portugal, 1961) * 24 September - Cândido de Oliveira, football player, coach, sports journalist (died 1958 in Portugal, 1958) * 19 October - Domingos de Sousa, horse rider (died 1984 in Portugal, 1984) * 22 October - José Leitão de Barros, film director, playwright (died 1967 in Portugal, 1967) * 16 December - Armindo Monteiro, university professor, businessman, diplomat, politician (died 1955 in Portugal, 1955) * Joaquim Filipe dos Santos, footballer (deceased) Deaths * 11 January - João de Deus de Nogueira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |