Year1642
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1642
The office of sea alcaide on Porto Santo already existed well before 1642.
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1642
A third lease of seafront land in Funchal for a capstan was granted.
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1642
The governor ordered construction of the Ilhéu fortress.
Fortaleza do Pico Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Ilhéu
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20 March 1642
Nuno Pereira Freire took office as the first post-Restoration governor of Madeira.