1875 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1875 in Portugal. There were 455,000 registered voters in the country.

Incumbents

• King

• President of the Council of Ministers

Fontes Pereira de Melo^[1]

Events

• Creation of the Lisbon Geographic Society.
• Creation of the Portuguese Socialist Party.
• First football match in the country.
• Publication of O Crime do Padre Amaro, by José Maria de Eça de Queirós.
• Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro creates the Zé Povinho character.

Deaths

• José Alberto dos Reis, jurist (died 1955)
• José António Duro, poet (died 1899)

Births

• 22 May - Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé, politician (born 1804)
• 18 June - António Feliciano de Castilho, writer, poet (born 1800)
• Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, infante (born 1811 in Brazil)

Notes and References

1. Book: de Oliveira Marques, A.H.. March 1986. História de Portugal Volume III. Lisbon. Palas Editores. 65, 610. Portuguese.