1891 in Portugal

← 1890 1889 1888 1891 in Portugal → 1892 1893 1894
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Events in the year 1891 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• King: Carlos I
• President of the Council of Ministers: João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa^[1]

Events

• January - Rebellion in Porto
• 11 February - Establishment of the Mozambique Company.
• November - Opening of the Belmond Reid's Palace hotel, in Funchal, Madeira.
• Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891
• Opening of the original line of the Funicular dos Guindais, in Porto.

Births

• 21 January - Francisco Lázaro, Olympic marathon runner (died 1912)
• 29 January - António de Menezes, fencer (died 1961)
• 25 February - Alfredo Marceneiro, fado singer (died 1982)
• 11 October - Armandinho, fado guitarist and composer (died 1946)
• 28 December - António Eça de Queiroz, monarchist politician and agitator, government official (died 1968)
• Guilherme Rebelo de Andrade, architect (died 1969)

Deaths

• 24 February - Miguel António de Sousa Horta Almeida e Vasconcelos, 2nd Baron of Santa Comba Dão, nobleman (born 1831)
• 11 September - Antero de Quental, poet, philosopher, writer (born 1842)
• 4 November - Francisco Gomes de Amorim, poet, dramatist (born 1827)

See also

• List of colonial governors in 1891#Portugal

References

1. de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. p. 610.