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Bernardino Machado

Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (died 1944)

Born
March 28, 1851
Died
April 29, 1944
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1851

About Bernardino Machado

Bernardino Luíz Machado Guimarães was the president of Portugal, serving from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926. The diplomatic mission was promoted to embassy in November 1913, with Bernardino Machado being the first Portuguese ambassador to that country. One of his sons-in-law was the writer Aquilino Ribeiro, whose own son was Aquilino Ribeiro Machado, the first mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution. In February 1893, Machado joined the first ministry of Hintze Ribeiro, as Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry, presenting his resignation in December of that same year.

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Bernardino Machado timeline

  1. In February 1893, Machado joined the first ministry of Hintze Ribeiro, as Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry, presenting his resignation in December of that same year.
  2. The diplomatic mission was promoted to embassy in November 1913, with Bernardino Machado being the first Portuguese ambassador to that country.

The world when Bernardino Machado was born

Bernardino Machado was born in 1851. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1851

  • Best-selling bookMoby-Dick by Herman Melville

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Exhibition in London — first World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneIsaac Singer patents practical sewing machine
  • World population~1.31B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMillard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.8M

1851 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bernardino Machado's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18512026
Population23.8M341 million

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