1859 in Portugal
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Events in the year 1859 in Portugal.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Pedro V
- President of the Council of Ministers: Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé (until 16 March), António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira (from 16 March)[1]
Births
- 1 January - Henrique Pousão, painter (died 1884)
- 21 September - António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa, nobleman, jurist, magistrate, politician (died 1931)
- Jaime de Magalhães Lima, philosopher, poet, writer (died 1936)
Deaths
- 17 January - Francisco de Melo da Gama de Araújo e Azevedo, field marshal, governor of Diu in Portuguese India (born 1773)
- Honório Barreto, governor of Portuguese Guinea (born 1813)
See also
References
- ^ de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. p. 610.