1908 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1908 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Carlos I until his assassination 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.^[1]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820. 21 January 2016. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20050105172845/http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/~cepp/eleicoes_em_portugal.htm. 2005-01-05. dead.