1846 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1846 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Mary II

• Prime Ministers

António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar; Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela; João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha

Events

• 6 October  - Emboscada (palace coup)
• 19 November  - Banco de Portugal established

Births

• 21 March  - Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, artist, comics creator (d. 1905).^[1]
• 5 November  - Joaquim Pimenta de Castro, military officer, mathematician and politician (died 1918)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Bordalo Pinheiro . Encyclopaedia Itaú Cultural. pt . 5 July 2008 .