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1768
Date sometimes given for the completion of the new church associated with the Voto a São Tiago.
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1768
António Francisco de Caires founded the hermitage of Sant'Ana at Fajã do Penedo, Boaventura, endowing it by deed of 20 April 1768.
Fajã do PenedoSt Anne (chapels) António Francisco de Caires Chapel of St AnneFajã do PenedoBoaventura
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1768
The chapel of Nossa Senhora das Preces at Santo António was built.
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1768
A petition shows the Santa Cruz customs house was already extinct.
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1768
The posts of Juiz de Fora and Presidente dos Resíduos were created, and Governor Sá Pereira banned mixing north and south coast wines.
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1768
Heberden recorded the magnetic declination at Funchal as 15°30' W.
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1768
An epidemic caused many deaths in the parish of Arco de São Jorge.
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3 February 1768
The Funchal council ordered execution of a royal provision allowing a Tuesday public fair in the Terreiro da Sé.
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21 February 1768
Birth in Madeira of the 1st Viscount of Torre Bela.
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8 March 1768
Birth of Sebastião Xavier Botelho.
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30 April 1768
Governor Sá Pereira questioned the annual payment made by the British to the governors.
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25 May 1768
The Funchal council contracted the building of the Ponte Nova over the Ribeira de Santa Luzia for 890$000 réis.
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31 May 1768
The corregedor reported that the old prison house in Funchal was badly ruined.
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7 July 1768
A letter applying the 1761 decree to Madeira was proclaimed in Funchal, beginning the gradual end of slavery on the island.
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22 July 1768
Diogo Luiz Drumond was appointed almoxarife of Porto Santo, the last known such appointment.
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26 August 1768
Cook left England on his first circumnavigation in the Endeavour.
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12 September 1768–19 September 1768
Cook's Endeavour expedition lay at Funchal before sailing for Rio de Janeiro; Banks and Solander collected plants and the astronomer Green visited Madeira.
Banks (Joseph)Cook (James)Scientific expeditionsGreenHeberden (Dr Thomas)Nurseries and acclimatisation gardens James CookJoseph BanksDaniel SolanderCharles Green FunchalRio de Janeiro
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8 October 1768–31 October 1768
The Barão de Alverca ordered engineers to survey the Rabaçal springs and then sent the minister a report on the benefits of using their waters.
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20 November 1768
Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos was born in Funchal.
Medina e Vasconcelos (Francisco de Paula) Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos
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18 December 1768
A royal charter founded Nova Aldeia, or Aldeia da Rainha, at Santo António da Serra for families from Porto Santo.
Nova Aldeia or Aldeia da RainhaSanto António da Serra (parish) Santo da SerraAldeia da RainhaPorto Santo
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c. 1768
Inácio Correia Drumond was born in Funchal.