Year · 1529

1529

Porto Santo had some 820 inhabitants, the earliest recorded population figure for the island.

PopulationPorto Santo (population, surface area and geographical position of the island) Porto Santo

1529

Simão Acciaioly received a grant of arms and confirmation of nobility.

Acciaioly (Simão) Simão Acciaioly

1529

Bartolomeu Perestrelo (III) succeeded as donatary of Porto Santo.

Porto Santo (captaincy) Bartolomeu Perestrelo (III)

3 January 1529

A royal charter fixed the annual stipend of the Porto Santo parish priest.

Porto Santo (parish)

4 August 1529

Francisco Homem de Gouveia and his wife Isabel Afonso founded the Reis Magos entail at Estreito da Calheta, with the chapel of the Reis Magos at Lombo dos Reis as its seat.

Estreito da Calheta (parish)HomemEntailed foundationsLombo dos ReisMagi (chapel) Francisco Homem de GouveiaIsabel Afonso Lombo dos ReisChapel of the MagiEstreito da Calheta