Reinaldo Oudinot
d. 1807
military engineer · brigadier
Brigadier sent from Lisbon after the great flood of 1803 to direct public works in Madeira, notably the walls of Funchal's three streams from 1804. He also mapped the city and began the general map of the island. He died in Funchal in 1807 and a street is named after him.
1Mentioned in
- Historical dates — Brigadier who channelled Funchal's streams after the 1803 flood, died 1807.
- Stream walls — Brigadier who from 1804 directed the building of Funchal's present stream walls and works across the island.
- Freire (Ascenso de Sequeira) — Engineer and brigadier who directed the walling of Funchal's three streams in 1804–05.
- Oudinot (street) — Brigadier honoured by the street name for his public works in Madeira.
- Flash floods — Brigadier sent in 1804 to channel Funchal's three streams after the 1803 flood; a street is named after him.
- Fortifications — Brigadier and military engineer who distinguished himself in charge of the fortifications after 1756.
2Chronology
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The great flood of 9 October 1803, considered Madeira's greatest calamity, devastated Funchal and other parts of the island, killing about 600 people and destroying the Calhau church, stream walls, bridges and chapels in Machico, Santa Cruz and elsewhere. It prompted Oudinot's mission and the city's spread outwards.
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Brigadier Reinaldo Oudinot arrived in Funchal in February 1804 and channelled and walled the town's three streams; floods in December 1804 proved the walls, and in 1806 houses by the João Gomes and Santa Luzia streams were demolished for the works.
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The engineer Reinaldo Oudinot died in Funchal.
