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1765: The poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, the finest Portuguese exponent of Arcadian verse and a celebrated satirist and improviser, is born in Setúbal.
1820: The Liberal Revolution that began in Porto on 24 August reaches Lisbon, where a military pronouncement backed by the populace rallies the capital to the constitutional cause, paving the way for Portugal's first constitution in 1822.

Elsewhere

1916: Tanks are used in warfare for the first time as Britain deploys them at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme offensive.