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1870 In Portugal
Events in the year 1870 in Portugal. Incumbents * Monarch: Louis I * Prime Ministers: Four different Events *13 March - Legislative election. *19 May – João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha takes over as Prime Minister *29 August – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira takes over as Prime Minister *18 September - Legislative election *29 October – António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama takes over as Prime Minister Arts and entertainment Sports Births *1 December – Artur Ivens Ferraz, military officer and politician (died 1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...) Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1870 Years of the 19th century in Portugal Portugal< ... [...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] |
