1855 in Portugal
# 1855 in Portugal

Events in the year 1855 in Portugal.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Peter V
* Prime Minister: João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha

## Arts and entertainment

* O Pobre Rabequista (The Poor Rabeca Player), oil painting by José Rodrigues

## Sports

* Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club founded

## Births

* 14 February – João Franco, politician (d. 1929)
* 13 March – António Osório Sarmento de Figueiredo Jr., nobleman, jurist, politician and magistrate. (d. 1935)
* 23 September – Abel Botelho, diplomat, writer and military officer (d. 1917).

### Full date missing

* Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia, physician (d. 1938).
