1891 in Portugal
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Events in the year 1891 in Portugal.
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Incumbents
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)
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