1879 in Portugal

Events in the year 1879 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Luís I
 * President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 1 June), Anselmo José Braamcamp (from 1 June)

Events

 * 19 October - Legislative election

Births

 * 21 November - Raul Lino, architect (died 1974)
 * 30 December - Manuel Gourlade, football manager (died 1908)
 * António Correia de Oliveira, poet (died 1960)

Deaths

 * 20 February - Joaquim Heliodoró da Cunha Rivara, physician, professor, intellectual, politician (born 1809)
 * Eugênia Câmara, actress (born 1837)