Year · 1797

1797

Johann Reinhold Forster's Herbarium Australe, treating some Madeiran plants, was published.

Forster (Johann Reinhold) Johann Reinhold Forster

7 January 1797

The council, nobility and people of Funchal resolved to ask the government for a subsidy for a new town hall; no answer came.

Town hall

24 May 1797

António José de Jesus Lamedo died suddenly in the Sé parish of Funchal.

Lamedo (António José de Jesus) Sé

31 May 1797

D. Mateus de Abreu Pereira took possession of the see of São Paulo.

Pereira (Dom Mateus de Abreu) D. Mateus de Abreu Pereira São Paulo

7 July 1797

António Aluísio Jervis de Atouguia, later Visconde de Atouguia, was born in Funchal in the house beside the chapel of São Francisco das Furnas.

Atouguia (Viscount of)Barbosa (Pedro Correia)St Francis (chapels) António Aluísio Jervis de Atouguia Chapel of St Francis of FurnasSão Pedro

29 July 1797

Pius VI confirmed Luís Rodrigues de Vilares as bishop of Madeira.

Rodrigues de Vilares (Dom Luís) Pius VI

31 July 1797

Queen Maria I created the curacy of Porto da Cruz at the chapel of São João Nepomuceno.

Porto da Cruz (parish) Maria I Chapel of St John of Nepomuk

10 August 1797

A treaty was negotiated in France with António de Araújo e Azevedo, later Conde da Barca, as Portuguese plenipotentiary.

Barca (square) António de Araújo e Azevedo France

27 November 1797

José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa, later bishop, was born at Mogofores.

Cerveira e Sousa (Dom José Xavier de) José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa Mogofores