Year · 1717

1717

The first edition of the Historia Insulana was published.

Island History António Cordeiro

1717

Manuel Ferreira Teixeira entailed the Selvagens Islands.

Entailed foundations Manuel Ferreira Teixeira Savage Islands

1717

Captain Manuel Rodrigues Ferreira Ferro died and was buried in his Blessed Sacrament chapel at Porto Moniz.

Porto do Moniz (parish) Manuel Rodrigues Ferreira Ferro

1717

Henrique Henriques de Noronha wrote the Non plus ultra da Nobreza.

Nobiliaries

16 July 1717

Owing to illness, Bishop D. José de Sousa Castelo Branco left Madeira for Portugal, never to return.

Castelo Branco (Dom José de Sousa)