Events in the year 1943 in Portugal.
Incumbents President: Óscar Carmona Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar (National Union)
Events August – Luso-British agreement is signed, leasing air basis in the Azores to the UK.
Arts and entertainment 28 November – First issue of the weekly newspaper O Benfica
Sports GD Bragança founded Santa Maria FC founded
Births
5 February – Manuel Luís dos Santos, footballer 19 February – Amandio Malta da Silva, footballer 22 February – Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis, Bishop of Itumbiara (died 2013). 20 March – Alice Vieira, children's writer. 25 June – Serafim Pereira, footballer (died 1994) 3 September – Marinho, footballer 2 October – Eduardo Serra, cinematographer 28 October – João Aguiar, journalist and novelist (died 2010) 18 November – Manuel António Pina, journalist and poet (died 2012)
Deaths
10 January – Manuel Maria Coelho, military officer and politician (born 1857) 11 March – Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (born 1857) May – Dom Aleixo, war hero of East Timor (born 1886)
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