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1891 In Portugal
Events in the year 1891 in Portugal. Incumbents *List of Portuguese monarchs, Monarch: Carlos I of Portugal, Carlos I *Prime Minister of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers: João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa Events * January - Rebellion in Porto * 11 February - Establishment of the Mozambique Company. * November - Opening of the Belmond Reid's Palace hotel, in Funchal, Madeira. * Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891 * Opening of the original line of the Funicular dos Guindais, in Porto. Births * 21 January - Francisco Lázaro, Olympic marathon runner (died 1912 in Portugal, 1912) * 29 January - António de Menezes, fencer (died 1961 in Portugal, 1961) * 25 February - Alfredo Marceneiro, fado singer (died 1982 in Portugal, 1982) * 11 October - Armandinho (fado guitarist), Armandinho, fado guitarist and composer (died 1946 in Portugal, 1946) * 28 December - António Eça de Queiroz, monarchist politician and agitator, government official (died 1968 in Portugal, 1968) * Gui ... [...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] |