1850 in Portugal

Events in the year 1850 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Mary II
 * Prime Minister: da Costa Cabral

Events

 * 18 October – the title Duke of Palmela established, first granted to Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein

Births



 * 12 June – Roberto Ivens, explorer of Africa, geographer, colonial administrator, and naval officer (died 1898).

Deaths

 * 12 October – Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, diplomat and statesman (b. 1781)