1886 in Portugal

Events in the year 1886 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Luís I
 * President of the Council of Ministers: Fontes Pereira de Melo (until 20 February), José Luciano de Castro (from 20 February)

Events

 * 12 May - Angola is incorporated as a colony.
 * 19 May - Creation of the Duke of Albuquerque title.
 * Homosexuality is criminalized.
 * Completion of the Monument to the Restorers, in Restauradores Square, Lisbon.

Births

 * 29 January - Henrique de Sommer, industrialist (died 1944)
 * 14 February - Luís Wittnich Carrisso, botanist (died 1937)
 * 3 March - António Silva, actor (died 1971)

Deaths

 * 19 July - Cesário Verde, poet (born 1855)