Events in the year 1890 in Portugal. There were 951,000 registered voters in the country.
Incumbents Monarch: Charles I President of the Council of Ministers: José Luciano de Castro (until 14 January), António de Serpa Pimentel (from 14 January to 14 October), João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa (from 14 October)
Events 11 January - British Ultimatum Creation of A Portuguesa, with lyrics by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça and music by Alfredo Keil. 30 March - Legislative election 14 August - Opening of Coliseu dos Recreios. 15 October - "Birth" of Álvaro de Campos, one of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms. Establishment of the Niassa Company.
Births 6 March - Francisco José Caeiro, politician (died 1956) 19 May - Mário de Sá-Carneiro, poet, writer (died 1916) 29 September - Maria Matos, actress (died 1952) 12 October - Luís de Freitas Branco, composer, musicologist, professor of music (died 1955) 20 October - Luís de Almeida Braga, writer, politician (died 1970)
Deaths 2 April - António da Silva Porto, trader, explorer (born 1817) 18 April - Caetano da Costa Alegre, poet (born 1864) 1 June - Camilo Castelo Branco, writer (born 1825) 28 June - Józef Karol Konrad Chełmicki, general (born 1814 in Poland) 24 September - João Afonso da Costa de Sousa de Macedo, 1st Duke of Albuquerque (born 1815) João de Lemos, journalist, poet, dramatist (born 1819)
See also List of colonial governors in 1890#Portugal
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