Events in the year 1870 in Portugal.

Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis I * Prime Ministers: Four different

Events

*13 March -

Legislative election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. *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 -

*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 General Artur Ivens Ferraz (; 1 December 1870, in Lisbon – 16 January 1933, in Lisbon), was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He served in the Portuguese Expeditionary Force during the Portuguese participation in World War I, ...

, 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 ...

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Deaths

References

{{Year in Europe, 1870 Years of the 19th century in Portugal Portugal