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1890 In Portugal
Events in the year 1890 in Portugal. There were 951,000 registered voters in the country. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles I *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) 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, politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco José Caeiro
Francisco José Caeiro ( Arraiolos, Vimieiro, 6 March 1890 – Lisbon, 24 May 1976) was a Portuguese politician and former Minister and law professor. Background He was the son of Faustino José Caeiro and wife Emília Augusta da Conceição, both born and married in Arraiolos, Vimieiro; paternal grandson of Francisco José Caeiro and wife Rosa Maria, and maternal grandson of Manuel da Rosa de Brito and wife Emília da Conceição. Career He was a Licentiate and a Cathedratic Professor of Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He started his career as a lawyer. He was Counselor, Minister and the 4th Attorney-General of the Republic. He was the Proprietor of the Palace of the Farm in Azaruja. Family He married in Lisbon on 11 June 1921 to Deolinda de Sousa de Lima Ferreira da Gama (Vila do Conde, São Simão da Junqueira, 8 August 1895 –), daughter of Aníbal Ferreira da Gama, born in Vale de Espinhal, and wife Deolinda de Sousa de Lima; they had i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 In Portugal ...
Events in the year 1864 in Portugal. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis I *Prime Minister: Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé Events *11 September - Legislative election. *29 September – Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon, on boundaries between Spain and Portugal *Banco Nacional Ultramarino established Arts and entertainment Births *6 June – Alfredo de Sá Cardoso, military officer and politician (died 1950) *11 August – Duarte Leite, historian, mathematician, journalist, diplomat and politician (died 1950) Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1864 1860s in Portugal Years of the 19th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caetano Da Costa Alegre
Caetano da Costa Alegre (26 April 1864 – 18 April 1890) was a Portuguese poet. Biography Born to a Cape Verdean '' crioulo'' family in the colony of São Tomé in Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, off the coast of Africa, he settled in Portugal in 1882 and attended medical school in Lisbon, hoping to become a naval doctor, but died of tuberculosis in Alcobaça before he could fulfill his dream. He wrote several reviews under his name including ''A Imprensa'' (1885-1891) and '' A Leitura'' (1894–96), the last one was posthumously published. Publications of his poems In 1916, a friend, journalist Cruz Magalhãez, published the poetry he wrote during the eight years Costa Alegre lived in Portugal. The work, written in the popular romantic style of the time, was an immediate success, not least because of how it celebrates his African origins, expresses longing for his home in São Tomé, and describes the sense of alienation he feels because of his race. He expresses his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 In Portugal
Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. * January 20 – Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare found Hindu College, Calcutta, offering instructions in English on Western subjects, including other European languages. * February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: Argentine and Chilean soldiers of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata defeat the Spanish royalist troops in what is now Chile, marking the turning point in the war against European rule of South America. * March 3 ** On his last day in office, U.S. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill as unconstitutional after it has passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. ** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Da Silva Porto
António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24 August 1817 – 2 April 1890) was a Portuguese trader and explorer in Angola, in the Portuguese West Africa. Biography Silva Porto was born to a poor family in Porto in continental Portugal; he was the son of humble parents, but whose father distinguished himself in battles against the French during their invasion in 1810. Instead of following his father into the military, the intelligent and ambitious boy looked to economic possibilities farther afield. Brazil was an obvious possibility, owing to the success of many emigrants; at the age of twelve, with his father's blessing, he emigrated to the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro on board the brig ''Rio Ave''. After working for a while for a merchant he became indignant with his remuneration and quit, taking several itinerant jobs. At 18 years of age he landed in Bahia, where he made a point of announcing to the newspaper ''Correio Mercantil'' his new name, in order to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In Portugal
Events in the year 1970 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Américo Tomás *Prime Minister: Marcelo Caetano Events *22 November – Operation Green Sea, an attack on Conakry, the capital of Guinea Undated * Operation Gordian Knot, a military campaign in Portuguese Mozambique, part of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). *The Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, a Maoist political party, founded Arts and entertainment Sports Births * 26 April - Isabel Jesus, rower Deaths *26 April – Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (born 1888) *3 June – Aníbal Milhais, the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I (born 1895). *27 July – António de Oliveira Salazar, professor and politician (born 1889) *22 November – Casimiro de Oliveira, racing driver (born 1907) References {{Year in Europe, 1970 1970s in Portugal 1970 in Europe Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís De Almeida Braga
Luís Carlos de Lima de Almeida Braga (20 October 1890 – 27 February 1970) was a Portuguese writer and politician who has one of the leading figures within the Integralismo Lusitano movement. Early years Born in Braga, Almeida Braga first came to politics whilst a student at the University of Coimbra where he was active in the cause of monarchism. Philip Rees, '' Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', 1990, p. 7 Forced into exile in 1911 following a crackdown on such activity, he feld to Belgium where he continued his studies at Ghent University and the Université libre de Bruxelles. The journal that he founded, ''Alma Portuguesa'', was an early basis for integralist development and he produced it in exile until he was amnestied in 1916. Whilst in exile Almeida Braga was also involved in translating Portuguese language literature into French, including some of the works of Gil Vicente. Integralism He was involved in the failed monarchist uprising of 1919 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Portugal
Events in the year 1955 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Francisco Craveiro Lopes *Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar Events *United Nations Security Council Resolution 109: Portugal and several other countries are admitted to membership to the United Nations Sports *AD Fundão founded *Liga Feminina de Basquetebol founded Births *27 January – Maria do Carmo Seabra, politician *28 February – Rui Reininho, singer *30 June – Luís Santos, chess player and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster *25 July – Miguel Esteves Cardoso, writer, translator, critic and journalist *29 August – Francisco Lopes, politician *1 November – Amarilis de Varennes, academic Deaths *3 January – José Norton de Matos, military officer and politician (born 1867) *27 June **Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, politician, Prime Minister 1914–15 (born 1871) **Artur de Oliveira Santos, journalist and local politician (born 1884) *27 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís De Freitas Branco
Luís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco (12 October 1890 – 27 November 1955) was a Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music who played a pre-eminent part in the development of Portuguese music in the first half of the 20th century. Life Luís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco was born in Lisbon into an aristocratic family who for centuries had had close ties to the royal family in Portugal. His brother, Pedro, was a conductor. Luís had a cosmopolitan education, studied piano and violin beginning in childhood and began composing at a precocious age. He studied music in Berlin and Paris, where he worked with Engelbert Humperdinck and other composers. He returned to Portugal and became professor of composition starting in 1916 at the Lisbon Conservatory of Music, where he became a leading force in restructuring musical education. There he taught, among many others, Joly Braga Santos. During the 1930s he increasingly encountered political difficulties with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 In Portugal
Events in the year 1952 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Francisco Craveiro Lopes *Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar Events *31 March – Gibalta rail accident *1 July – The Portuguese Air Force founded Sports *14 to 25 February – Portugal had one participant at the 1952 Winter Olympics, where Duarte Silva competed in downhill skiing. It was the first time that Portugal participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Births * 20 February – João Calvão da Silva, politician (d. 2018) * 4 June - Adelino Teixeira, football coach and former footballer Deaths *6 September – José Vicente de Freitas, military officer and politician (born in 1869) References {{Years in Portugal 1950s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Matos
Maria de Conceição de Matos Ferreira da Silva (29 September 1886 – 19 September 1952) was a Portuguese actress and theatre personality. Career Matos studied piano, singing and dramatic art at the Royal Conservatory of Lisbon, and for her final exam performed '' Rosas de Todo Ano'', written by Júlio Dantas. She debuted professionally at the D. Maria II National Theatre in the play ''Judas'' (1907). She married in 1913 the actor Mendonça de Carvalho, who founded the theater company Maria Matos - Mendonça de Carvalho, a company that enjoyed considerable prestige in Portuguese theatre. In 1940, she was appointed at the Conservatório Nacional de Teatro, where she was head of Theatrical aesthetics and Vocal coaching. Her talent was particularly evident in the farce and the comedy. In the film she starred in successful films such as '' O Costa do Castelo'' (1943) and ''A Menina da Rádio'' (1944), directed by Arthur Duarte and costarring with António Silva. She also star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
