Year1744
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1744
The office of alcaide do mar at the Santa Cruz customs house was abolished.
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1744
João Moniz de Abreu was hired as fortificador for Madeira's fortifications.
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19 March 1744
The new parish church of Arco de São Jorge, dedicated to São José, was blessed.
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25 August 1744
A royal charter raised the parish of São Vicente to the status of a town and municipality, attaching northern localities such as Porto Moniz, Ponta Delgada and Seixal to it and further reducing the municipality of Machico.
ChartersMachico (captaincy)Machico (town and municipality)Madeira (towns)São Vicente (town and municipality)Towns São VicentePorto MonizPonta DelgadaSeixalSão JorgeArco de São JorgeBoaventuraRibeira da JanelaMachico
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30 October 1744
The contract for building the new parish church of Arco da Calheta was awarded.
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20 November 1744
Construction of the new church of Faial was awarded to Cristóvão Gomes.
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11 December 1744
Father Manuel de Nóbrega founded and endowed the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Esperança at Vale Formoso.