1927 in Portugal

← 1926 1925 1924 1927 in Portugal → 1928 1929 1930
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Years in Portugal

Events in the year 1927 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Óscar Carmona
• Prime Minister: Óscar Carmona^[1]

Events

• April - Establishment of the Order of Public Instruction

Sport

• 22 January - Establishment of the Portuguese Chess Federation
• 20 March - Establishment of S.L. Benfica (basketball)
• 12 June - Campeonato de Portugal Final
• 17 August - Establishment of the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol
• Establishment of the Federação Portuguesa de Vela
• Establishment of F.C. Marco
• Establishment of the Volta a Portugal
• Establishment of the Falperra International Hill Climb

Births

• 24 February - David Mourão-Ferreira, writer, poet (died 1996)
• 1 March - Ruy de Carvalho, actor
• 10 March - Raúl Figueiredo, footballer
• 9 April - Francisco Rocha, footballer
• 30 June - António Jonet, modern pentathlete (died 2007)
• 26 July - Matateu, footballer
• 27 July - Adelaide João, actress
• 27 August - António Reis, film director, screenwriter, producer, poet, sculptor, ethnographer (died 1991)
• 29 August - Bentes, footballer
• 3 September - João Baptista Martins, footballer (died 1993)
• 8 December - José Manuel de Mello, businessman (died 2009)
• Carlos Montez Melancia, Governor of Macau
• Francisco Martins Rodrigues, anti-Fascist resistant (died 2008)
• Lima de Freitas, painter, illustrator, ceramicist, writer (died 1998)
• Luísa Dacosta, writer
• Manuel Cargaleiro, artist

Deaths

• 15 June - Manuel António Lino, medic, politician, poet, dramatist (born 1865)
• 21 September - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa, soldier, politician, diplomat (born 1858)
• 11 October - Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal (born 1853)
• 15 October - Lucrécia de Arriaga, First Lady of Portugal (born 1844)
• João Marques de Oliveira, painter (born 1853)

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