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Coimbra

Coimbra

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Portuguese mainland university city where many Madeirans studied law or medicine, and where Padre Luís Gonçalves da Câmara taught and was rector of the Jesuit college. It hosted the 1921 academic table-tennis championship, and its dormancy and rainfall data are compared with Funchal's.

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2Chronology

  1. D. Fr. Gaspar do Casal died in Coimbra.

  2. D. Manuel Coutinho took his doctorate in theology at Coimbra.

  3. D. Frei João do Nascimento took a doctorate in canon law at Coimbra.

  4. Nicolau Francisco Xavier da Silva took his doctorate in canon law at Coimbra.

  5. Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva completed his medical degree at Coimbra.

  6. João Francisco de Oliveira received his doctorate in medicine at Coimbra.

  7. João Francisco de Oliveira was appointed substitute in one of the Coimbra university chairs.

  8. Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos enrolled at Coimbra University.

  9. Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos was imprisoned at Coimbra and expelled from the university.

  10. Vice-rectors of Coimbra University were granted the treatment of senhoria for services during the French invasions.

  11. José Manuel da Veiga enrolled in the faculty of canon law at Coimbra.

  12. D. Manuel Martins Manso graduated in canon law at Coimbra.

  13. Caetano Alberto Soares completed his law degree at Coimbra.

  14. José Ferreira Pestana received his doctorate in mathematics at Coimbra.

  15. José Manuel da Veiga received his doctorate and joined the teaching staff at Coimbra.

  16. The future Visconde de Atouguia graduated in mathematics at Coimbra.

  17. José Ferreira Pestana was appointed professor of mathematics at Coimbra.

  18. José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage enrolled at the University of Coimbra.

  19. The Maria da Fonte popular revolt broke out in the Minho, sparking a revolutionary movement in Portugal; Justino António de Freitas joined its provisional government and António Alves da Silva interrupted his Coimbra studies.

  20. Students held the first meeting to organise the Sociedade Filantrópica Académica in Coimbra.

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