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1912 in Portugal 
Summary
Events in the year 1912 in Portugal.
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Incumbents edit
- President: Manuel de Arriaga
- Prime Minister: Augusto de Vasconcelos (until 16 June), Duarte Leite (from 16 June)[1]
- President of Chamber of Deputies: António Aresta Branco until 29 November; Vítor Macedo Pinto from 2 December
- President of Senate of the Republic: Anselmo Braamcamp Freire
Events edit
- 6 January - Due to a violation of article 379 of the Penal Code, Bishop of the Algarve was prohibited from residing in his diocese for two years by Ministry of Justice António Macieira.[2]
- 28 January - Inauguration of the Free University of Lisbon in a formal session at the Coliseu dos Recreios, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Manuel de Arriaga.
- 24 February - Establishment of the Republican Union and Evolutionist Party political parties.
- 8 July - Royalist attack on Chaves
Sport edit
- Establishment of Clube de Futebol Esperança de Lagos
- Establishment of Leça F.C.
- Establishment of S.C. Olhanense
- Establishment of C.D. Olivais e Moscavide
- 5 May to 27 July - Portugal at the 1912 Summer Olympics
References edit
- ^ de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. p. 611.
- ^ Marques de Sousa, Luís Filipe (1912). "A Diocese do Algarve e a Implantação da República, A questão religiosa e a Lei da Separação do Estado das Igrejas através do Boletim do Algarve (1911-12)".