1916 In Portugal
Events in the year 1916 in Portugal. Incumbents * President: Bernardino Machado * Prime Minister: Afonso Costa (until 16 March); António José de Almeida (starting 16 March) Events * Portugal enters the First World War. Arts and entertainment * Grão Vasco Museum founded Sports * Caldas Sport Clube founded Births * 8 June – Emílio Lino, fencer (died 1958). Deaths * 16 April – Mário de Sá-Carneiro, writer (born 1890) * 11 November – Francisco da Veiga Beirão, politician (born 1841) References 1910s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th 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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