1749 in Portugal

Events in the year 1749 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: John V

Events

 * Pope Pope Benedict XIV gave John V of Portugal the title "His Most Faithful Majesty"

Births



 * 29 September – Catarina de Lencastre, Viscountess of Balsemão, noblewoman, poet and playwright (d. 1824).

Deaths

 * 29 May – Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, nobleman and statesman (b. 1684).