1840 in Portugal

Events in the year 1840 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Mary II
 * Prime Minister: José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim

Births

 * 8 July – Manuel de Arriaga, lawyer and politician (died 1917)

Deaths



 * 7 September — Luís do Rego Barreto, military and colonial administrator (b. 1777).