1780 in Portugal

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Events in the year 1780 in Portugal.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Mary I

Events[]

The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780, shows the Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.

• 16 January – Battle of Cape St. Vincent, a naval battle off the southern coast of Portugal during the Anglo-Spanish War. A British fleet defeated a Spanish squadron.

Births[]

• 10 May – José Homem Correia Teles, judge and politician (d. 1849).^[1]

• 20 May – José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro, marquis (d. 1840)
• 12 July – Mouzinho da Silveira, statesman, jurist and politician (d. 1849)

Deaths[]

• 18 January – Gaspar of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga (b. 1714)
• 23 October – João da Bemposta (b. 1726)

Full date missing[]

• Abade António da Costa, composer (b. 1714)
• Miguel António do Amaral, court painter (b. 1710)

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