1908 in Portugal

Events in the year 1908 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles I (until 1 February), then Emmanuel II
• Prime Minister: João Franco (until 4 February); Francisco Ferreira do Amaral (4 February–26 December); Artur de Campos Henriques (starting 26 December)

Events

• 28 January – Municipal Library Elevator Coup
• 1 February – The Lisbon Regicide, assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
• 5 April – Portuguese legislative election, 1908.

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Births

• 13 March – Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, abstract painter (died 1992)
• 11 June – Francisco Marto, Marian apparition witness, beatified (died 1919)
• 11 December – Manoel de Oliveira, film director (died 2015)

Deaths

• 1 February
  • Carlos I of Portugal, king (born 1863)
  • Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, prince (born 1887)

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