1859 in Portugal

Events in the year 1859 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Pedro V
 * President of the Council of Ministers: Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé (until 16 March), António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira (from 16 March)

Births

 * 1 January - Henrique Pousão, painter (died 1884)
 * 21 September - António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa, nobleman, jurist, magistrate, politician (died 1931)
 * Jaime de Magalhães Lima, philosopher, poet, writer (died 1936)

Deaths

 * 17 January - Francisco de Melo da Gama de Araújo e Azevedo, field marshal, governor of Diu in Portuguese India (born 1773)
 * Honório Barreto, governor of Portuguese Guinea (born 1813)