1890 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1890 in Portugal. There were 951,000 registered voters in the country.

Incumbents

Monarch

President of the Council of Ministers

José Luciano de Castro (until 14 January), António de Serpa Pimentel (from 14 January to 14 October), João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa (from 14 October)^[1]

Events

11 January - British Ultimatum
Creation of A Portuguesa, with lyrics by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça and music by Alfredo Keil.
30 March - Legislative election
14 August - Opening of Coliseu dos Recreios.
15 October - "Birth" of Álvaro de Campos, one of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms.
Establishment of the Niassa Company.

Births

6 March - Francisco José Caeiro, politician (died 1956)
19 May - Mário de Sá-Carneiro, poet, writer (died 1916)
29 September - Maria Matos, actress (died 1952)
12 October - Luís de Freitas Branco, composer, musicologist, professor of music (died 1955)
20 October - Luís de Almeida Braga, writer, politician (died 1970)

Deaths

2 April - António da Silva Porto, trader, explorer (born 1817)
18 April - Caetano da Costa Alegre, poet (born 1864)
1 June - Camilo Castelo Branco, writer (born 1825)
28 June - Józef Karol Konrad Chełmicki, general (born 1814 in Poland)
24 September - João Afonso da Costa de Sousa de Macedo, 1st Duke of Albuquerque (born 1815)
João de Lemos, journalist, poet, dramatist (born 1819)

See also

List of colonial governors in 1890#Portugal

Notes and References

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