Year1690
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1690–1692
The chapel of São Cristóvão at Caramanchão, Machico, was built by the children of Cristóvão Moniz de Meneses under his will. The date 1692 is carved on its portico.
CaramanchãoSt Christopher (chapels) Cristóvão Moniz de Meneses Chapel of St ChristopherMachico
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1690
Canon Manuel Ferreira Teixeira founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios at Moreno, Santa Cruz (not in 1610, as had been claimed).
MorenoOur Lady of Remedies (chapel) Manuel Ferreira Teixeira Chapel of Our Lady of RemediesMoreno
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20 July 1690
The Conselho da Fazenda ordered a new church to be built at Estreito da Calheta.
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11 December 1690
Two French corsairs sacked Porto Santo and robbed its church, destroying the parish archive.
Materials for Madeiran HistoryPorto Santo (parish)Porto Santo (raids on the island) Porto Santo
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169?
Four sugar mills stood on the banks of the Ribeira de Santa Luzia.
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169?
The plane tree already grew in and around Funchal.
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169?
A fire destroyed nearly all the valuable archive of the Câmara Eclesiástica.
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169?
The present chapel of Santa Catarina in Funchal was rebuilt.