1888 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1888 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Louis I

• Prime Minister

José Luciano de Castro

Events

• 21 June  - first published issue of the newspaper Jornal de Notícias

Arts and entertainment

Os Maias  - novel by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz

Births

• 22 August  - Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (died 1970)
• 30 December  - Ruimondo Mayer, fencer (died 1959).^[1]
• 13 June; Fernando Pessoa, Poet, writer, and translator (died 1935)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rui Mayer . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/rui-mayer-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 17 February 2015.