Year · 1470

1470

The first surviving book of Funchal council proceedings dates from this year.

Municipal councils Funchal

1470

Infante D. Fernando asked the donatary João Gonçalves da Câmara to build a council house and municipal pound in Funchal, granting land by the church.

Campo do DuqueTown hall Infante FerdinandJoão Gonçalves da Câmara Funchal

147?–149?

São Vicente was constituted as a parish in the late fifteenth century.

São Vicente (town and municipality)

c. 1470

D. Afonso de Aragão, a Neapolitan knight, reached Madeira.

Aragon Afonso de Aragão

c. 1470

Gonçalo Diniz da Silva founded an Almas Pobres chapel in Santa Maria Maior.

Poor Souls (chapels) Gonçalo Diniz da Silva Santa Maria Maior

c. 1470

Pedro de Brito Oliveira Pestana and João Mendes de Brito came to Madeira.

Oliveira Pedro de Brito Oliveira PestanaJoão Mendes de Brito

c. 1470

Adão Gonçalves Ferreira built the chapel that became Nossa Senhora do Monte.

Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) Adão Gonçalves Ferreira

c. 1470

Tristão Vaz Teixeira, first donatary of Machico, died.

Machico (captaincy) Tristão Teixeira