1780 in Portugal

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s;
See also:	List of years in Portugal

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)

References

^ "José Homem Correia Teles". cm-estarreja.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[1] "José Homem Correia Teles". cm-estarreja.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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