Events in the year 2018 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 ...

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa (; born 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic. He is the List of presidents of Portugal, 20th and current president of Portugal, since 9 March 2016. He is a member of the Social Democrati ...

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 Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...

(

Socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

)

Events

January

*14 January: **Eight people are killed and a further 35 are injured in a fire at a community centre in the town of Vila Nova da Rainha in

Tondela Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km². History Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the munic ...

. **

Rui Rio Rui Fernando da Silva Rio (born 6 August 1957) is a Portuguese economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was the Mayor of Porto from 2002 to 2013. Between 2018 and 2022, he was President of the PSD and Leader of the Opp ...

is elected as the leader of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

with 54% of the party members' vote, defeating rival candidate and former Prime Minister

Pedro Santana Lopes Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current president of the Municipal Chamber of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005 ...

. **The Instituto Nacional de Estatística estimates that the country's

GDP Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is often ...

growth in 2017 was 2.7%, the highest annual increase since 2000. *15 January – An earthquake with a

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of 4.9 occurs in

Arraiolos Arraiolos () is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,363, in an area of 683.75 km2. The town of Arraiolos has 3,351 inhabitants. The present Mayor is Silvia Pinto, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalit ...

in the

Évora District Évora District ( pt, Distrito de Évora ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora. Municipalities The district is composed by 14 municipalities: * Alandroal * Arraiolos * Borba * Estremoz * Év ...

. Although widely felt across central and southern Portugal, no damage or injuries are reported. *24 January – Prime Minister António Costa announces that

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will open a support centre in Oeiras for its European, African, and Middle Eastern regions later in the year, a move that is expected to create 500 high-skilled technology jobs. *29 January – A 67-year-old man is shot and killed at a school in Nazaré following a dispute between the family members of two students.

February

*1 February – The largest in a series of aftershocks from the 15 January earthquake occurs in Arraiolos with a local magnitude of 3.1. Unlike the earlier earthquake, its effects are largely confined to Arraiolos area. *9–25 February – Portugal contests the

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with a delegation comprising cross-country skier

Kequyen Lam Kequyen Lam (born 3 October 1979) is a cross-country skier who was the flag bearer for Portugal at the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations. He is one of the two athletes representing Portugal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Early life On Octo ...

and alpine skier

Arthur Hanse Arthur Hanse (born 10 February 1993 in Paris, France) is an alpine skier competing for Portugal. He competed for Portugal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. Hanse is the son of emigrants from Portugal who now live in Fra ...

March

*15 March – One person is killed and another is injured after a rockslide falls on a group of tourists camping on a beach less than one mile north of

Cape Roca Cabo da Roca () or Cape Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal, of continental Europe, and of the Eurasian landmass. It is situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, in th ...

. The incident comes one night after the passing of Storm Gisele over the area, which authorities cite as the cause of the subsequent cliffside instability. *25 March – Approximately 67,500 trees are planted by 3,000 volunteers in

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

, marking the start of a reforestation project to repair a 13th-century

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...

forest badly affected by the wildfires in October 2017 which killed 49 people.

April

*4 April –

Redes Energéticas Nacionais REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. (formerly Rede Eléctrica Nacional S.A.) is a Portuguese energy sector company which is the current concession holder of the country's two main energy infrastructure networks: the National Electricity ...

announces that the electricity demand of the nation was met entirely by renewable energy in March, the first time this has been recorded in Portugal in the 21st century. *13 April – MPs in the Assembly of the Republic approve a law allowing individuals to change their gender on legal documents from the age of sixteen without the need of a medical report.

May

*5 May – In

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 ...

F.C. Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

win the

2017–18 Primeira Liga The 2017–18 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica were the defending champions for a fourth consec ...

after their title rivals

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

and

Sporting Lisbon Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

draw 0–0, leaving the club with an unassailable points lead with two games of the season remaining. It is the club's first league championship in five years. *10 May – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoes the gender change law passed by MPs on 13 April, citing concerns about the proposed lack of medical consultations for those aged between sixteen and eighteen. An amended proposal acceding to Rebelo de Sousa's wishes is later passed by the Assembly in July. *12 May – Lisbon hosts the final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest following the victory of Portugal's

Salvador Sobral Salvador Thiam Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (; born 28 December 1989) is a Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for with the song "Amar pelos dois," written and composed by his sister, Luísa Sobral. In doing so, he gave its ...

in the previous year's contest. Israel's

Netta Barzilai Netta Barzilai ( he, נטע ברזילי; born 22 January 1993), also known mononymously as Netta, is an Israeli singer. After winning Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018#HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion, the fifth season of ''HaKokhav HaBa'', ...

is voted as the winner. *15 May – Approximately 50 masked intruders gain access the training centre of football club

, inflicting minor injuries to players and staff and causing minor damage to facilities. *20 May – In motor racing, Belgium's

Thierry Neuville Thierry Jean Neuville (born 16 June 1988) is a Belgian rally driver who is competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport. During his career, he has finished as runner-up in the drivers' championship five times (2013, 2016–201 ...

wins the

2018 Rally de Portugal The 2018 Rally de Portugal (formally known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 17 and 20 May 2018. It marked the fifty-second running of Rally de Portugal, and was th ...

. *29 May – MPs narrowly vote against a bill legalising the voluntary use of

euthanasia Euthanasia (from el, εὐθανασία 'good death': εὖ, ''eu'' 'well, good' + θάνατος, ''thanatos'' 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different eut ...

for consenting terminally-ill patients. Introduced by the Socialist Party and supported by the

Left Bloc Left Bloc may refer to: * Left Bloc (Portugal), a political party in Portugal * Left Bloc (Croatia), a political alliance in Croatia * Left Bloc (Hungary) The Left Bloc (in Hungarian: ''Baloldali Blokk'') was a political alliance in Hungary, f ...

and a number of Social Democratic MPs, the bill is defeated 115–110 after opposition from the

CDS – People's Party The CDS – People's Party ( pt, CDS – Partido Popular, derived from ''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular'', CDS–PP)

and the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

June

*15 June – MPs pass a bill legalising the use of prescription drugs containing marijuana. *30 June – In association football, Portugal are eliminated from the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...

following a 2–1 loss to Uruguay in the round of 16 at

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

Fisht Olympic Stadium Fisht Olympic Stadium (russian: Олимпийский стадион «Фишт», p=ɐlʲɪmˈpʲijskʲɪj stədʲɪˈon ˈfʲiʂt, r=Olimpiyskiy stadion "Fisht", ''Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht'') is an outdoor stadium in Sochi, Russia. Located i ...

July

*6 July – A bid by the sole MP of the

People-Animals-Nature People–Animals–Nature ( pt, Pessoas-Animais-Natureza, PAN) is an environmentalist, animal rights and animal welfare focused political party in Portugal, founded in 2009. In 2015, they won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic.

party to ban

bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms wh ...

is opposed in the Assembly by 178 votes to 31. *27 July – Prime Minister António Costa agrees a deal with his French and Spanish counterparts for the construction of a new electricity power line under the

Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay (), known in Spain as the Gulf of Biscay ( es, Golfo de Vizcaya, eu, Bizkaiko Golkoa), and in France and some border regions as the Gulf of Gascony (french: Golfe de Gascogne, oc, Golf de Gasconha, br, Pleg-mor Gwaskogn), ...

to improve energy links between the three countries. Expected to cost more than €1 billion, the line is forecast to be completed by 2025.

August

*3–10 August – European heat wave: **A mass of warm air from the

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causes a heat wave across large parts of Europe in which national temperatures rise above 40°C. A national high of 45.9°C is observed at

Alcácer do Sal Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011 was 13,046, in an area of 1499.87 km2. History Earliest settlement There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 ye ...

near

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

on 3 August, a day that sees sixteen weather stations across the country set new local temperature records. **Warm and dry conditions lead to an outbreak of wildfires, with 700 firefighters attending a blaze in

Monchique Monchique () is a municipality of southern Portugal, in Faro District (province of Algarve). The population in 2011 was 6,045, in an area of 395.30 km2. The Municipality of Monchique is situated in the Serra de Monchique and together with th ...

in the

Algarve The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese). The region has it ...

affecting over of forest. On 10 August the fires are extinguished after burning for a week, by which point cooler conditions begin to prevail across southern Portugal. *12 August – In

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

, Spain's

Raúl Alarcón Raúl Alarcón García (born March 25, 1986) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Born in Sax, Valencia, Spain, he turned professional in 2007 with UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a publi ...

wins the

2018 Volta a Portugal The 2018 Volta a Portugal was the 80th edition of the Volta a Portugal cycle race and was held on 1 August to 12 August 2018. The race started in Setúbal and finished in Fafe. Raúl Alarcón end the race in first place. However, in March 2021, du ...

in a time of 41 hours, 15 minutes, and 32 seconds.

September

*24 September – Archaeologists announce the discovery of a 400-year old shipwreck off the coast of

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist de ...

thought to have been involved in the trading of spices between Europe and India. Artefacts recovered include a bronze cannon bearing the Portuguese coat of arms and Chinese porcelain dating to the time of the

Wanli Emperor The Wanli Emperor (; 4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), personal name Zhu Yijun (), was the 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1572 to 1620. "Wanli", the era name of his reign, literally means "ten thousand calendars". He was the ...

October

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*12 October – Minister of National Defence

José Alberto Azeredo Lopes José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes (born 20 June 1961) is a Portuguese politician who served as Ministry of National Defence (Portugal), Minister of National Defence from November 2015 to October 2018. Azeredo Lopes previously served as the preside ...

resigns amid a political scandal over the theft of military weapons from an arms depot in

Tancos Tancos is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243,Storm Leslie passes over north and central Portugal, injuring 27 people and leaving 300,000 homes without power. Hurricane-strength winds of up to uproot trees and cause damage and disruption across

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

and the districts of

and

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

; the districts of

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Aveiro, and

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...

to the north are also affected. It is the most powerful storm to hit the country since 1842. *14 October – Prime Minister António Costa undertakes the largest major cabinet reshuffle of his premiership, moving

Pedro Siza Vieira Pedro Siza Vieira (born 14 July 1964) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy in the government of Prime Minister António Costa.Axel Bugge (October 14, 2018)Portugal's premier reshuff ...

to the

Ministry of Economy A ministry of economy, ministry of commerce, ministry of economic affairs or department of commerce is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the economy or economic policy. List Examples of such mini ...

and appointing Graca Maria da Fonseca and

Marta Temido Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões (born 2 March 1974) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She has submitted her resig ...

as Ministers of Culture and Health respectively. Azeredo Lopes, who resigned from his post as the Ministry of National Defence two days earlier, is replaced by Joao Gomes Cravinho.

November

*19 November – The collapse of a road at a quarry in the

leaves two people dead and a further four missing. Following thirteen days of rescue operations the final death tally is revised to five on 1 December.

December

*14 December – Twenty-eight passengers and pedestrians are injured when a tram derails in Lisbon. *15 December – Four people are killed after a

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crashes in the

Valongo Valongo () is a Portuguese municipality located in the District of Porto and 10 km from Porto, in the northern region of Portugal. The municipality area consists of 75.12 km² and 93 858 inhabitants (2011), and is subdivided into four ...

municipality following the transfer of a patient to Porto's Santo António Hospital. It is the first incident of its kind involving an emergency medical aircraft ever recorded in the country.

Culture

Film

*''Até Que o Porno Nos Separe'' ('' Until Porn Do Us Part'') by Jorge Pelicano. *''

Diamantino Diamantino is a municipality in Mato Grosso state in Brazil. It has a population of 22,178 and is near Diamantino River. It is above sea-level, and sits at the foot of the Mato Grosso plateau. Its history dates from 1730 as a gold mining settle ...

'' by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt.

Deaths

January to March

*2 January –

Guida Maria Guida Maria (23 January 1950 – 2 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress. Her career spanned 60 years and included appearances on stage, in film and on television. Early life Maria was born in 1950 in Campo de Ourique, Lisbon. Her father, Luis ...

, actress (born

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

). *16 January –

Madalena Iglésias Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira (born Madalena Lucília Iglésias Doval; 24 October 1939 – 16 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The Eurovision Son ...

, actress and singer (born

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

). *27 January – Edmundo Pedro, politician and political prisoner (

Tarrafal camp Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of Chão Bom, in the Municipality of Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It was established in 1936, during a reorganization process of the Portuguese Estado Novo prison s ...

), member of the Assembly of the Republic (born

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

). *20 March –

João Calvão da Silva João Calvão da Silva (20 February 1952 – 20 March 2018) was a Portuguese politician. Calvão de Silva attended the University of Coimbra, graduating in 1975. He began teaching at his alma mater in 2003. Elected to the Assembly of the Repub ...

, politician (born

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

). *27 March – António dos Santos, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarda (born

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

April to June

*6 April – Acácio Pereira Magro, politician, economist and academic (born

). *8 April – António Barros, footballer (born

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

). *7 May – António Saraiva, footballer (born

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

). *21 May – António Arnault, poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, and politician (born

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

). *22 May –

Júlio Pomar Júlio Artur da Silva Pomar, GOL, GCM (10 January 1926 – 22 May 2018) was a Portuguese painter and visual artist. He was often considered the greatest Portuguese painter of his generation. Early life and career (1940s and 1950s) Pomar first ...

, painter (born

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

July to September

*12 July –

Laura Soveral Laura Soveral (23 March 1933 in Benguela, Angola – 12 July 2018) was a Portuguese actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional me ...

, actress (born

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 ...

). *17 July –

João Semedo João Pedro Furtado da Cunha Semedo (20 June 1951 – 17 July 2018) was a Portuguese physician and politician. He was born in 1951 in Lisbon, where he attended Camões Secondary School and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Unive ...

, pulmonologist and politician (born

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 ...

). *29 July – António José Rafael, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bragança-Miranda (born

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

). *1 August –

Celeste Rodrigues Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues ComIH (14 March 1923 – 1 August 2018) was a Portuguese '' fadista'' (fado singer) and the younger sister of Amália Rodrigues. Biography Celeste Rodrigues was born in Fundão in the district of Castelo Bran ...

fado Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was ...

singer (born

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

). *18 August –

Pedro Queiroz Pereira Pedro Queiroz Pereira (5 March 1949 – 18 August 2018) was a Portuguese businessman and former competition driver. Born in Lisboa, he attended the Colégio Militar and the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of Lisbon, but left his ...

, businessman (born

). *25 September –

Helena Almeida Helena Almeida (11 April 1934 – 25 September 2018) was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing. She represented Portugal at the Venice Biennale in 1982 and 2005 and had a solo e ...

, photographer and painter (born

). *29 September –

Alves Barbosa António da Silva Alves Barbosa (24 December 1931 – 29 September 2018), commonly known as Alves Barbosa, was a Portuguese professional road cyclist. He won the Volta a Portugal in 1951, 1956 and 1958, placing third in 1955, and rode the To ...

, road cyclist (born

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

October to December

*3 November –

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 ...

, singer (born

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

). *8 December – Maria Teresa Cárcomo Lobo, politician and jurist (born

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

References

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