1899 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1899 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch

• President of the Council of Ministers

José Luciano de Castro^[1]

Events

• 26 November - Legislative election

Architecture

• Construction of St Andrew's Church in Lisbon.

Culture

• "Serrana" (opera) by Alfredo Keil

Births

• 6 February - Jaime Gonçalves, footballer (deceased)
• 25 February - António Pinho, footballer (deceased)
• 21 April - José Ramos, footballer (deceased)
• 30 April - Fernando António, footballer (deceased)
• 10 May - Artur Paredes, guitar player (died 1980)
• 21 August - António Leite, fencer (died 1958)
• 26 August - Francisco Vieira, footballer (deceased)
• 24 October - João Francisco Maia, footballer (deceased)
• 8 November - Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, Governor-General of Portuguese India (died 1985)
• 19 December - Fernando Santos Costa, army officer (died 1982)
• 30 December - José Pimenta, footballer (deceased)
• Armando Machado, fadista, guitarist, "viola" player (died 1974)
• Jesus Muñoz Crespo, footballer (died 1979)
• Sarmento Rodrigues, naval officer, colonist, professor (died 1979)

Deaths

• 3 March - José Simões Dias, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, politician, pedagogue (born 1844).^{[2] [3]}
• José António Duro, poet (born 1875)

Notes and References

1. Book: de Oliveira Marques, A.H.. March 1986. História de Portugal Volume III. Lisbon. Palas Editores. 610. Portuguese.
2. Web site: Dr. José Simões Dias : Notas biographicas . 20 March 1899 . O Occidente . 728 . 0062, 0063 . 6 June 2018 . Portuguese.
3. Web site: José Simões Dias (Short biography) . . 6 June 2018 . Portuguese.