Events in the year 1879 in Portugal.
Incumbents Monarch: Luís I President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 1 June), Anselmo José Braamcamp (from 1 June)
Events 19 October - Legislative election
Births 21 November - Raul Lino, architect (died 1974) 30 December - Manuel Gourlade, football manager (died 1908) António Correia de Oliveira, poet (died 1960)
Deaths 20 February - Joaquim Heliodoró da Cunha Rivara, physician, professor, intellectual, politician (born 1809) Eugênia Câmara, actress (born 1837)
See also List of colonial governors in 1879#Portugal
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