1917 in Portugal

Events in the year 1917 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * President: Bernardino Machado
 * Prime Minister: Four different.

Events

 * 13 October – Miracle of the Sun near Fátima
 * The Portuguese Naval Aviation established

Sports

 * Académico de Viseu FC founded

Births

 * 31 January – Manuel da Luz Afonso, football manager (d. 2000)
 * 18 March – Joaquim Teixeira, footballer (d. unknown)
 * 5 June – José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, politician (d. 1983)
 * 27 June – Artur Quaresma, footballer (d. 2011)
 * 1 August – Manuel Soares Marques, footballer (d. 1987).
 * 29 October – Virgílio Teixeira, actor (d. 2010)
 * 22 December – Eduardo Lopes, cyclist (d.1997)

Deaths



 * 5 March – Manuel de Arriaga, lawyer and politician (born 1840)
 * 18 March – António José de Ávila, 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama, military officer, politician, nobility (b. 1842)
 * 5 June – António Teixeira de Sousa, physician and politician (b. 1857)
 * 6 November – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Army general (b. 1852)

Full date missing

 * Abel Botelho, military officer and diplomat (b. 1855)
 * Hermenegildo Capelo, Navy officer (b. 1841)
 * Guilherme de Vasconcelos Abreu, writer, cartographer and orientalist (b. 1842)