title: 1869 in Portugal
text: # 1869 in Portugal
  
  Events in the year 1869 in Portugal.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Louis I
  * Prime Ministers: Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (until 11 August); Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé (starting 11 August)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 27 February – King Louis signs a decree of the government, chaired by the Marquis Sá da Bandeira, abolishing slavery in all Portuguese territories.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 18 October – José Marques da Silva, architect (died 1947)
  * 24 November – Óscar Carmona, president (died 1951)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 30 September – Francisco Luís Gomes, physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP (born 1829)
  