1908 in Portugal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events in the year 1908 in Portugal.
.svg)
Incumbents
- Monarch: Charles I (until 1 February), then Emmanuel II
- Prime Minister: João Franco (until 4 February); Francisco Ferreira do Amaral (4 Februaryâ26 December); Artur de Campos Henriques (starting 26 December)
Events
- 28 January â Municipal Library Elevator Coup
- 1 February â The Lisbon Regicide, assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and LuÃs Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
- 5 April â Portuguese legislative election, 1908.[1]
Births
- 13 March â Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, abstract painter (died 1992)
- 11 June â Francisco Marto, Marian apparition witness, beatified (died 1919)
- 11 December â Manoel de Oliveira, film director (died 2015)
Deaths
- 1 February
- Carlos I of Portugal, king (born 1863)
- LuÃs Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, prince (born 1887)