1917 in Portugal
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Events in the year 1917 in Portugal.
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Incumbents
- President: Bernardino Machado
- Prime Minister: Four different.
Events
- 13 October â Miracle of the Sun near Fátima
- The Portuguese Naval Aviation established
Arts and entertainment
Sports
- Académico de Viseu FC founded
Births
- 31 January â Manuel da Luz Afonso, football manager (d. 2000)
- 18 March â Joaquim Teixeira, footballer (d. unknown)
- 5 June â José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, politician (d. 1983)
- 27 June â Artur Quaresma, footballer (d. 2011)
- 1 August â Manuel Soares Marques, footballer (d. 1987).[1]
- 29 October â VirgÃlio Teixeira, actor (d. 2010)
- 22 December â Eduardo Lopes, cyclist (d.1997)
Deaths
- 5 March â Manuel de Arriaga, lawyer and politician (born 1840)
- 18 March â António José de Ãvila, 2nd Marquis of Ãvila and Bolama, military officer, politician, nobility (b. 1842)
- 5 June â António Teixeira de Sousa, physician and politician (b. 1857)
- 6 November â António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Army general (b. 1852)
Full date missing
- Abel Botelho, military officer and diplomat (b. 1855)
- Hermenegildo Capelo, Navy officer (b. 1841)
- Guilherme de Vasconcelos Abreu, writer, cartographer and orientalist (b. 1842)
