Events in the year 1869 in

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 ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

: Louis I * Prime Ministers: Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (until 11 August);

Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé Dom. Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Marquis of Loulé, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, (6 November 1804 – 22 May 1875), was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy. He became the 1s ...

(starting 11 August)

Events

*27 February – King Louis signs a decree of the government, chaired by the Marquis Sá da Bandeira, abolishing slavery in all Portuguese territories.

Births

*18 October –

José Marques da Silva José Marques da Silva (18 October 1869 – 6 June 1947) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese architect and educator. Life and work Training José Marques da Silva was born at 113 Rua de Costa Cabral, in Porto, on 18 October 1869. His architectur ...

, architect (died

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

) *24 November – Óscar Carmona, president (died

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

)

Deaths

*30 September –

Francisco Luís Gomes Francisco Luís Gomes ( Konkani: फ़्रान्सिस्को लूईस गोमॆस, Portuguese: ʃ">Help:IPA/Portuguese.html" ;"title="ɾãˈsiʃku ˈlwiʃ gomeHelp:IPA/Portuguese">ʃ Goa, Portuguese India, 31 May 1829 � ...

, physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP (born

1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * March ...

)

References

{{Year in Europe, 1869 1860s in Portugal Years of the 19th century in Portugal