1917 in Portugal
# 1917 in Portugal

Events in the year 1917 in Portugal.

## Incumbents

* President: Bernardino Machado
* Prime Minister: Four different.

## Events

* 13 October – Miracle of the Sun near Fátima
* The Portuguese Naval Aviation established

## Sports

* Académico de Viseu FC founded

## Births

* 31 January – Manuel da Luz Afonso, football manager (d. 2000)
* 18 March – Joaquim Teixeira, footballer
* 5 June – José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, politician (d. 1983)
* 27 June – Artur Quaresma, footballer (d. 2011)
* 1 August – Manuel Soares Marques, footballer (d. 1987).
* 29 October – Virgilio Teixeira, actor (d. 2010)
* 22 December – Eduardo Lopes, cyclist (d.1997)

## Deaths

* 5 March – Manuel de Arriaga, lawyer and politician (born 1840)
* 18 March – António José de Ávila, 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama, military officer, politician, nobility (b. 1842)
* 5 June – António Teixeira de Sousa, physician and politician (b. 1857)
* 6 November – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Army general (b. 1852)

### Full date missing

* Abel Botelho, military officer and diplomat (b. 1855)
* Hermenegildo Capelo, Navy officer (b. 1841)
* Guilherme de Vasconcelos Abreu, writer, cartographer and orientalist (b. 1842)
