1886 in Portugal

Events in the year 1886 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Luís I
• President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 20 February), José Luciano de Castro (from 20 February)

Events

• 12 May - Angola is incorporated as a colony.
• 19 May - Creation of the Duke of Albuquerque title.
• Homosexuality is criminalized.
• Completion of the Monument to the Restorers, in Restauradores Square, Lisbon.

Births

• 29 January - Henrique de Sommer, industrialist (died 1944)
• 14 February - Luís Wittnich Carrisso, botanist (died 1937)
• 3 March - António Silva, actor (died 1971)

Deaths

• 19 July - Cesário Verde, poet (born 1855)

See also

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