Year1700
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1700
Filipe de Carvalhal Esmeraldo administered the Santo Amaro entail.
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1700
Clipped money in Madeira was ordered withdrawn and 80,000 cruzados in new coin were sent.
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1700
The parish of Prazeres was suppressed and reattached to Estreito da Calheta.
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17 June 1700
The chapel of St John at Câmara de Lobos was endowed by public deed.
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8 July 1700
Canon António Lopes de Andrade built and endowed the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição at São Roque.
ConceiçãoImmaculate Conception (chapels) António Lopes de Andrade São Roque
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17 July 1700
Father Francisco Valhadolid died in the parish of Santos, Lisbon, and was buried in its church.
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18 July 1700
An edict of the provedor required all goods to be landed at the customs redoubt in Funchal.
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1700–1725
The fort of Caniçal was built after pirates landed there.
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170?
The Oliveira family house in Rua da Cadeia Velha, Funchal, was probably built.
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170?–174?
The Espírito Santo chapel at Lombada dos Esmeraldos was rebuilt.
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17??
The Bânger pillar stood on a reef reached by canoe from the city wall.
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17??
Domingos de Oliveira Álvares settled in Funchal as a wine merchant.
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17??
A curacy was created in the parish of Fajã da Ovelha as its population grew.
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17??
A new parish church replaced the São Lourenço chapel at Fajã da Ovelha.
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17??
A flood destroyed the Calheta municipal archive.
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17??
Dr Heberden, visiting Madeira, estimated average life expectancy on the island at 39 years.
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17??
João José Bettencourt de Freitas rebuilt the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Livramento at Monte.
Livramento João José Bettencourt de Freitas Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance
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17??
According to tradition, a ship wrecked at Funchal brought the first Figueira da Índia to Madeira.
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17??
The fort of São João da Pontinha was built on the second islet at Funchal, linking it to land.
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17??
Holy Spirit impérios were held in every street of Funchal, marked by gluttony and drunkenness.
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17??–18??
The síndico of the Funchal senate often replaced the council clerk, drafting and signing the minutes.
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17??
The Sarsfield surname was apparently introduced into Madeira.
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17??
The Madre de Deus chapel at Tabua was destroyed by the nearby stream.
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17??
São Vicente was raised to a town, the only one on the north coast.
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17??
Traditional dating of the cave collapse that killed D. Cosme de Medicis and his friends.
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17??
Vinhático timber was exported to England as Madeira mahogany.
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17??
José Phelps came to Madeira as a merchant.
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17??
A Norwegian ship was wrecked near the Pontinha, bringing the young Luiz Henriques to Madeira.
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17??
Outeiros poetic gatherings took place in Funchal.
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17??–18??
D. Guiomar Madalena Acciaioly lived in Funchal and had her goods seized for debts.
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17??
La Peyrouse visited Madeira and noted the phosphorescence of its seas.
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17??
João Manuel's early two-storey house was still standing, owned by António do Carvalhal.
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17??
The chapel of Santa Isabel in the Funchal Misericórdia building was probably built.
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17??
The chapel of Nossa Senhora da Consolação at Caniço was rebuilt.
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c. 1700
The parish church of Ponta Delgada was considerably enlarged.