John VI
João VI
d. 1826
king of Portugal · prince regent
Prince Regent and later King of Portugal, acclaimed in Funchal on 7 April 1818 and commemorated with funeral rites there on 10 May 1826. His reign touched Madeira through the 1817 map of the island, the 1818 reform of weights and measures and the constitutional upheavals of the 1820s.
1Mentioned in
- Customs houses — King of Portugal, to whom Gomes offered his 1824 draft customs regulation.
- System of weights and measures — King who in 1818 decreed decimal uniformity of weights and measures, as inscribed on the Funchal standards.
- Funeral rites — King of Portugal whose Funchal funeral rites were held on 10 May 1826.
- Public rejoicing — King whose assumption of the title of emperor of Brazil in 1826 was celebrated in Funchal.
- Oliveira (Dr João Francisco de) — Prince Regent and later King of Portugal, who favoured Oliveira and in 1820 had his trial reviewed.
- Acclamations of monarchs — King of Portugal, acclaimed in Funchal on 7 April 1818.
- Príncipe (street) — Prince Regent and later King of Portugal, whom the name Rua do Príncipe was probably meant to honour, according to the Elucidário.
- Afforestation — Portuguese ruler whose government sent tree seeds to Madeira in 1800.
- Constitution of 1821 (The) — King of Portugal whose acceptance of the representative system, reported from Rio de Janeiro in January 1821, ended the governor's hesitation.
- Monteiro (Luís) — King of Portugal whose death led to the proclamation of D. Pedro and the granting of the Constitutional Charter.
- Geographical Maps — King of Portugal by whose order the 1817 general map of Madeira was made.
- Noronha (António Manuel de) — King of Portugal who dissolved the Cortes and revoked the Constitution while Noronha governed Madeira.
- Common lands — King of Portugal under whose government the people were allowed to use the Paul da Serra.
- Moura (Dom Patrício Xavier de) — King of Portugal who appointed Moura canon of Bemposta and chaplain to the Infanta Isabel Maria.
- Page (Roberto) — King of Portugal who twice decorated Page for his benefactions.
- Castro (Dom Manuel de Portugal e) — King of Portugal whose proclamation as absolute monarch led to Castro's appointment as governor of Madeira.
- Torre Bela (Viscount of) — King of Portugal, whose councillor the 1st viscount was.
- Proclamations of constitutional government — King of Portugal whose death in March 1826 preceded the granting of the Charter.
- Pita (Dr António da Luz) — King of Portugal whose physician was João Francisco de Oliveira.
- Bettencourt Pita (Nicolau Caetano) — Prince regent, later King João VI, who in 1814 granted Pita the privileges of Coimbra medical graduates.
- Burning of Constitutional documents — King of Portugal acclaimed as absolute monarch by the juiz de fora after the burning.
- Changes of system of government — King of Portugal who abolished the 1821 Constitution in 1823 and restored absolute government.
- Proclamations of the absolutist government — King of Portugal who abolished the Constitution and restored absolute government on 3 June 1823.
- Camacho (Januário Vicente) — King of Portugal who, according to an anecdote, appointed Camacho dean of Funchal Cathedral.
- Princesa (street) — Portuguese prince and later king, mentioned as the husband of Carlota Joaquina.
2Chronology
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Paulo Dias de Almeida made the general map of Madeira on the orders of D. João VI.
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João VI decreed decimal uniformity of weights and measures.
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João VI was acclaimed king in Funchal.
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A courier from Rio de Janeiro confirmed João VI's acceptance of the new constitutional system.
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The Vila-Francada revolution of 27 May 1823 led João VI to dissolve the Cortes and restore absolute government in Portugal on 3 June.
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Festivities in Funchal marked João VI taking the title of emperor of Brazil, with oil lanterns used for the first time at the town hall.
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Funeral rites for João VI were held in Funchal.
3Places mentioned
Abroad