2016 in Portugal
The following lists events during 2016 in Portugal.
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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won the 2016 presidential election
- 24 January – Presidential election: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is elected as President after securing 52.4% of the vote in the first round, a majority that removes the need for a second round. The turnout rises slightly from the last election to 49%.[1]
- 9 March – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is sworn in as the 20th President of Portugal.[2]
- August – 2016 Portugal wildfires
Sports
- The 2016 Summer Olympics had 92 Portuguese competitors in 16 sports.
- The Portugal national football team won the UEFA Euro 2016, its first major title.
Deaths
January
- 18 January – António de Almeida Santos, lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 26 January – José Boavida, actor (b. 1964)
February
- 24 February – Ernesto Oliveira, footballer (b. 1921)[3]
March
- 14 March – Nicolau Breyner, actor (b. 1940)
- 31 March – Fernando Mendes, footballer (b. 1937)
May
- 28 May – Vicente da Câmara, fadista (b. 1928)
July
- 2 July – Camilo de Oliveira, actor (b. 1924)
- 25 July – Artur Correia, footballer (b. 1950)
August
- 25 August – Maria Eugénia, actress (b. 1927)
- 31 August – Anna Paula, actress (b. 1929)
October
- 3 October – Mário Wilson, footballer (b. 1929)
- 14 October – José Lello, politician (b. 1944)
- 27 October – João Lobo Antunes, neurosurgeon (b. 1944)
- 27 October – Jaime Fernandes, radio broadcaster (b. 1947)
November
- 11 November – Alfredo Bruto da Costa, politician (b. 1938)[4]
- 27 November – Carlos Santos, actor (b. 1937)
December
- 10 December – Alberto Seixas Santos, film director (b. 1936)
- 11 December – Manuel Bola, actor (b. 1944)
- 22 December – Luís de Azevedo Coutinho, politician (b. 1928)
- 25 December – José Silva Marques, politician (b. 1938)
gollark: Or invent "standard lateness units" relative to some sort of poll for local day/night cycles.
gollark: So we just need to standardize "quite late", "very late", and "highly late" or something.
gollark: That is only descriptive *relative to local expectations of lateness*.
gollark: Or "it is late here".
gollark: So just say "it's night".
See also
References
- Chadwick, Vince (24 January 2016). "Portugal elects Rebelo de Sousa as president". Politico. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Gomes, Paulo Zacarias (9 March 2016). "Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa já é o novo Presidente da República". Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Faleceu uma lenda…". atleticocp.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- "Morreu Bruto da Costa, o político para quem se devia dar aos pobres o peixe e a cana". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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