Year · 1460

1460

Death of the earlier holder of the Valença title.

Vimioso (Counts of)

1460

Garcia Homem de Sousa founded the chapel of Santo Amaro.

St Maurus (chapels) Garcia Homem de Sousa

1460

The Genoese navigator António da Nola called at Madeira on a voyage with Diogo Gomes.

Nola (António da) António da NolaDiogo Gomes Madeira

1 May 1460

The Portuguese discovered Santiago island in Cape Verde on the feast of St James the Less.

Patron saint and The Lusiads (The) SantiagoCape Verde

4 July 1460

By charter of Afonso V, Zarco was ennobled as João Gonçalves de Câmara de Lobos and granted a coat of arms bearing a tower and wolves.

Coats of armsCâmaraCâmara (João Gonçalves da)Zarco (João Gonçalves) Afonso VJoão Gonçalves Zarco Câmara de Lobos

18 September 1460

Prince Henry issued a donation charter granting the islands' spirituality to the Order of Christ, referring to the start of settlement.

GrantsSettlement and colonisation

22 September 1460

Prince Henry granted the University of Coimbra twelve marks of silver yearly from the Order of Christ's Madeiran tithes for the chief chair of theology.

Madeira in the University of Coimbra Henry the Navigator University of CoimbraMadeira

13 November 1460

Prince Henry the Navigator, lord of Madeira, died.

GrantsHenry (Prince), the Navigator

3 December 1460

Afonso V granted the archipelago to Prince Fernando, who thus inherited the lordship of Madeira from Prince Henry.

GrantsFernando (Prince) Infante FerdinandHenry the Navigator Madeira

c. 1460

Rui Mendes Pereira, called o Tacão, came to Madeira.

Pereira Rui Mendes Pereira Madeira

c. 1460

João de Braga settled in Madeira and received a land grant at Laranjal.

Braga (family) João de Braga Laranjal