1821 in Portugal

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1821
in
Portugal

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See also:List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1821 in Portugal.

Incumbents

  • King: John VI
    • President of the Regency: Manuel António de Sampaio Melo e Castro Moniz Torres de Lusignan (from January)[1]
  • Minister of the Kingdom: Inácio da Costa Quintela (from 4 July to 7 September), Francisco Duarte Coelho (interim, from 14 August to 7 September), Filipe Ferreira de Araújo e Castro (from 7 September), José da Silva Carvalho (interim, from 7 September to 8 October)[1]

Events

  • January - General Extraordinary and Constituent Courts of the Portuguese Nation
  • Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa drafts the basis for a new constitution, proposes the closure of Portuguese Inquisition
  • July 4 - Return of John VI from Brazil,[1] who approves on that day the Bases da Constituição

References

  1. ^ a b c de Oliveira Marques, A.H. (March 1986). História de Portugal Volume III (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Palas Editores. pp. 6, 605, 607.

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