1855 in Portugal

Events in the year 1855 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Peter V
 * Prime Minister: João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha

Arts and entertainment



 * O Pobre Rabequista (The Poor Rabeca Player), oil painting by José Rodrigues

Sports

 * Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club founded

Births



 * 14 February – João Franco, politician (d. 1929)
 * 13 March – António Osório Sarmento de Figueiredo Jr., nobleman, jurist, politician and magistrate. (d. 1935)
 * 23 September – Abel Botelho, diplomat, writer and military officer (d. 1917).

Full date missing

 * Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia, physician (d. 1938).