Year1763
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1763–1768
Dr Thomas Heberden observed Jupiter's first satellite at Funchal.
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1763–1766
The Count of Lippe's military regulations were introduced under D. José I, affecting the Madeiran militia.
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1763
The church of the Convent of São Bernardino was enlarged and rebuilt.
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1763
Pedro Jorge Monteiro settled in Funchal as tobacco administrator.
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1763
The Blessed Sacrament chapel was built in the parish of Porto da Cruz.
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1763
The district magistrate complained to the governor about abuses in the court of the Juiz dos Resíduos e Capelas.
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2 April 1763
A royal decree confirmed the Funchal council's right to walk behind the canopy in the Corpus Christi procession.