1943 in Portugal

Events in the year 1943 in Portugal.

Incumbents

 * President: Óscar Carmona
 * Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

 * August – Luso-British agreement is signed, leasing air basis in the Azores to the UK.

Arts and entertainment

 * 28 November – First issue of the weekly newspaper O Benfica

Sports

 * GD Bragança founded
 * Santa Maria FC founded

Births

 * 5 February – Manuel Luís dos Santos, footballer
 * 19 February – Amandio Malta da Silva, footballer
 * 22 February – Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis, Bishop of Itumbiara (died 2013).
 * 20 March – Alice Vieira, children's writer.
 * 25 June – Serafim Pereira, footballer (died 1994)
 * 3 September – Marinho, footballer
 * 2 October – Eduardo Serra, cinematographer
 * 28 October – João Aguiar, journalist and novelist (died 2010)
 * 18 November – Manuel António Pina, journalist and poet (died 2012)

Deaths

 * 10 January – Manuel Maria Coelho, military officer and politician (born 1857)
 * 11 March – Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (born 1857)
 * May – Dom Aleixo, war hero of East Timor (born 1886)