Events in the year 1983 in Portugal.

Incumbents

António Ramalho Eanes António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, GColL GCL GColTE CavA GCB RVC (; born 25 January 1935) is a Portuguese general and politician who was the 16th president of Portugal from 1976 to 1986. Background Born at Alcains, Castelo Branco, he is ...

* Prime Minister: Francisco Pinto Balsemão (until 9 June), Mário Soares (starting 9 June)

Events

*27 July – Turkish embassy attack in Lisbon.

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Football (soccer) competitions:

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

* 8 and 14 December -

1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The 1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 5th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup run ...

Births

*13 August –

Francisco Adam Francisco Amaro Rodrigues Adam (13 August 1983 - 16 April 2006) was a Portuguese actor and model, best known for his humorous role as ''Dino'', short for Bernardino Esteves, in the Portuguese youth telenovela Morangos com Açúcar. Biography Ada ...

, actor (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

). *6 November – Gisela João, fado singer

Deaths

*19 August – José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo naval officer and politician (born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

)

References

{{Year in Europe, 1983 1980s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal