Events in the year 1961 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

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Américo Tomás Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás (; 19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician who served as the 13th president of Portugal from 1958 to 1974. Biography Early life Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomá ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (, , ; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator who served as President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the re ...

Events

* 23 January - Santa Maria hijacking *

Baixa de Cassanje revolt The Baixa de Cassanje revolt () is considered the first confrontation of the War of Independence in Angola and the Portuguese Colonial War throughout the Portuguese overseas provinces. The uprising began on 3 January 1961 in the region of Baix ...

* 30 May - Viasa Flight 897 * 12 November -

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 ( ...

* 18–19 December -

Indian annexation of Goa The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed ', the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961. In Indi ...

Sport

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

, for the first-tier league seasons, see

1960–61 Primeira Divisão The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal. Overview The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship tit ...

and

1961–62 Primeira Divisão Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1961–62 season. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship. Details of participants Details of the 14 participants are provided below: League standings ...

; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1960–61 Taça de Portugal and 1961–62 Taça de Portugal. * 9 July - Taça de Portugal Final

References

{{Year in Europe, 1961 Years of the 20th century in Portugal