Year1626
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1626
Canon Manuel Afonso founded a chapel of Jesus, Maria, José in the Sé parish.
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1626
A Portuguese fleet was lost on the French coast; Félix Ferreira helped save most of the men.
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1626
The French consulate in Madeira was created.
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April 1626
Unpaid soldiers rioted in Funchal and besieged the customs house.
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20 April 1626
A royal decree set the Calheta parish priest's stipend at 18,000 réis plus wheat and wine.
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10 June 1626
An alvará noted that tithes did not cover the stipends of the cathedral clergy.
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10 August 1626
Governor Fernão Saldanha died in Madeira and Bishop D. Jerónimo Fernando assumed the government.
Saldanha (Fernão) Fernão SaldanhaD. Jerónimo Fernando Madeira