← 1871 1870 1869 1872 in Portugal → 1873 1874 1875
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See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1872 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis I
• Prime Minister: Fontes Pereira de Melo

Events

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Births

• 2 February – Tomé de Barros Queirós, trader and politician (died 1925)
• 1 May – Sidónio Pais, politician and diplomat (died 1918).^[1]
• 18 June – Ana de Castro Osório, writer, journalist, feminist and republican activist (died 1935)^[2]

Deaths