← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Portugal → 1971 1972 1973
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1970 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Américo Tomás
• Prime Minister: Marcelo Caetano

Events

• 22 November – Operation Green Sea, an attack on Conakry, the capital of Guinea

Undated

• Operation Gordian Knot, a military campaign in Portuguese Mozambique, part of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974).
• The Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, a Maoist political party, founded

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Births

Deaths

• 26 April – Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (born 1888)
• 3 June – Aníbal Milhais, the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I (born 1895).^[1][2]
• 27 July – António de Oliveira Salazar, professor and politician (born 1889)
• 22 November – Casimiro de Oliveira, racing driver (born 1907)