Year · 1779

1779

The governor of Madeira ordered an inquiry into emigrant recruiters and ships.

Emigration

17 May 1779

A cemetery for patients of the São Lázaro hospital was completed.

St Lazarus’s Hospital

2 August 1779–28 October 1783

The foundation stone of the new parish church of Caniço was blessed on 2 August 1779, and the church was solemnly blessed on 28 October 1783.

Caniço (parish) Parish church of Caniço