Year1617

Name: North African corsairs sacked Porto Santo, killing or carrying off most of the population, burning the parish church and destroying the council and parish archives; the raid prompted fortification of Pico do Castelo.
Start: 1617

1617

North African corsairs sacked Porto Santo, killing or carrying off most of the population, burning the parish church and destroying the council and parish archives; the raid prompted fortification of Pico do Castelo.

Castilian rule Fortaleza do Pico Patron saints Pico (fortress)Porto Santo (parish)Porto Santo (raids on the island) Porto Santo Pico do Castelo Church of Our Lady of Pity
1617

Bartolomeu Arias was sent to fortify Madeira after corsair raids on coastal settlements.

Fortifications Bartolomeu Arias
7 October 1617

Bishop D. Lourenço de Távora left Madeira on transfer to the see of Elvas, leaving the see of Funchal vacant.

Jerónimo Fernando (Dom)Távora (Dom Lourenço de) D. Lourenço de Távora Elvas Funchal

Year · 1617

Year1617