2017 in Portugal
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Events in the year 2017 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- 13 May – Salvador Sobral wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Amar Pelos Dois", the country's first victory in the contest.
June
- 17–24 June – Pedrógão Grande wildfire kills 65 people.
- An arms theft at the Tancos military base is discovered.[1][2]
October
- 1 October – Portuguese local election, 2017
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Cláudio Panta Nunes, musician (b. 1984)
- 2 January – Jacinto Durães, actor (b. 1972)
- 3 January – Augusto Mascarenhas Barreto, historian and poet (b. 1923)
- 7 January – Mário Soares, 17th President of the Portuguese Republic (b. 1924)[3]
See also
- List of Portuguese films of 2017
References
- "Portuguese president speaks out over stolen weapons arsenal". BBC News. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- Jones, Sam (3 July 2017). "Grenades and plastic explosives stolen from Portuguese arsenal". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- "Morreu Mário Soares" [Mário Soares Has Died]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese).
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