Events in the year 1984 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 ...

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 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 ...

: Mário Soares

Events

* 25 March -

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

consecrates the world to the

Immaculate Heart of Mary The Immaculate Heart of Mary () is a Roman Catholic devotional name used to refer to the Catholic view of the interior life of Mary, mother of Jesus, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love ...

, in

Fátima, Portugal Fátima () is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Central Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of ...

. * 29 August - Tiago José Rodrigues Cardoso - Born in Guimarães. * 14 October - Azores regional election. * 14 October - Madeira regional election. * 27 December - Born Basilio Airosa in mafamude from the love of Ernesto Airosa and Manuela

Arts and entertainment

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with

Maria Guinot Maria Guinot (20 June 1945 – 3 November 2018) was a Portuguese singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Born in Barreiro, Portugal, Guinot released two EPs, "La mère sans enfant" and "Balada do ...

and the song "

Silêncio e tanta gente Portugal was represented by the song "Silêncio e tanta gente", written and performed by Maria Guinot, at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen through a national final organised by b ...

Sports

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

1983–84 Primeira Divisão The 1983–84 Primeira Divisão was the 50th season of top-tier football in Portugal. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship. League standings Results Season statistics Top goalscorers References ...

and

1984–85 Primeira Divisão Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1984/1985 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. League standings Results Season statistics Top goalscorers Footnotes External links Portugal 1984-85 - R ...

Births

20 April Events Pre-1600 *1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys ...

Nelson Évora Nelson Évora GCIH (born 20 April 1984) is an Ivory Coast-born Portuguese track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. Évora is a former outdoor Olympic, World, and European triple jump champion. He has also won a European ind ...

, athlete *

23 May Events Pre-1600 *1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. *1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII ...

- Hugo Almeida, footballer *

16 July Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. *1054 ...

- Miguel Pires, swimmer *

14 September Events Pre-1600 *AD 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. * 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire. * 786 – "Night o ...

- Maria Areosa, professional triathleteSee http://www.federacao-triatlo.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=99 . Retrieved 20 April 2011. *

25 October Events Pre-1600 * 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...

mimicat Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, better known by the stage name Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. She is set to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Ai coração "Ai Coração" (''"Woe Hea ...

, Musical artist

Deaths

* 18 January - Ary dos Santos, poet, songwriter (born

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

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References

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Years of the 20th century in Portugal