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1922 in Portugal 
Summary
Events in the year 1922 in Portugal.
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Incumbents edit
- President: António José de Almeida
- Prime Minister: Francisco da Cunha Leal (until 6 February); António Maria da Silva (starting 6 February)
Events edit
- 29 January – Portuguese legislative election, 1922.[1]
Arts and entertainment edit
Sports edit
- 31 March – first issue of Jornal Sporting
- S.C. Beira-Mar founded
- S.C. Lusitânia founded
- Padroense F.C. founded
- SC Bustelo founded
- 22 September – V.S.C. - Vitória Sport Clube founded
Births edit
- 3 May – Vasco Gonçalves, military officer and politician (died 2005)
- 10 November – Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beja (died 2012).[2]
- José Saramago, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and Nobel laureate (died 2010).[3][4]
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ "Eleições Gerais Portuguesas desde 1820" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Sletsjøe, Anne. "José Saramago". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "José Saramango, Nobel Prize-Winning Portuguese Writer, Dies at 87". New York Times. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2012.