← 1895 1894 1893 1896 in Portugal → 1897 1898 1899
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See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1896 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Carlos I
• President of the Council of Ministers: Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro^[1]

Births

• 23 March - José Balbino da Silva, footballer (deceased)
• 12 April - Vítor Cândido Gonçalves, footballer (died 1965)
• 19 July - António Ribeiro dos Reis, footballer, journalist (died 1961)
• 24 September - Cândido de Oliveira, football player, coach, sports journalist (died 1958)
• 19 October - Domingos de Sousa, horse rider (died 1984)
• 22 October - José Leitão de Barros, film director, playwright (died 1967)
• 16 December - Armindo Monteiro, university professor, businessman, diplomat, politician (died 1955)
• Joaquim Filipe dos Santos, footballer (deceased)

Deaths

• 11 January - João de Deus, poet (born 1830)
• 26 March - Antonia Ferreira, businesswoman (born 1811).^[2]