Year1759
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1759
The Misericórdia building of Santa Cruz underwent major repairs paid for by public charity.
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1759
The Jesuits' property in Madeira, including Quinta Grande, was confiscated.
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27 May 1759
José Correia de Sá took office as governor of Madeira.
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29 May 1759–16 July 1760
On Pombal's orders the Jesuit college in Funchal was surrounded and the Jesuits confined, ending their teaching; the eighteen Madeiran Jesuits were shipped under arrest to Lisbon on 16 July 1760.
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