← 1960 1959 1958 1961 in Portugal → 1962 1963 1964
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year1961 inPortugal.

• President:Américo Tomás
• Prime Minister:António de Oliveira Salazar^[1]

• 23 January -Santa Maria hijacking
• Baixa de Cassanje revolt
• 30 May -Viasa Flight 897
• 12 November -Legislative election
• 18–19 December -Indian annexation of Goa

Inassociation football, for the first-tier league seasons, see1960–61 Primeira Divisão and1961–62 Primeira Divisão; for theTaça de Portugal seasons, see1960–61 Taça de Portugal and1961–62 Taça de Portugal.

• 9 July -Taça de Portugal Final

• 1961 in Portugal
• Years of the 20th century in Portugal

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