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1800
The curacy of Porto da Cruz was created, its curate being obliged to serve the chapel of São João Nepomuceno.
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1800
The government recommended the creation of a credit fund in Madeira.
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1800
Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares commanded a Portuguese caique against a French privateer off the Algarve.
Alvares (Joaquim de Oliveira) Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares Algarve
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1800
The clerk of the court of bequests and chapels was found to have embezzled bequest money by forgery.
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3 April 1800
Padre Manuel Gonçalves Henriques built and endowed the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Caldeira.
Our Lady of Pity (chapels) Manuel Gonçalves Henriques Caldeira
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8 May 1800
D. José Manuel da Câmara was appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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16 May 1800
José Maria Baldy was born in Lisbon.
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July 1800
The English traveller Turnbull visited Madeira.
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29 October 1800
Hemlock and false acacia were introduced to Madeira from seeds sent by the government.
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2 December 1800
The Funchal council expelled two ships lacking bills of health and quarantined their guards for 40 days.
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4 December 1800
D. José Manuel da Câmara took office as governor of Madeira.
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22 December 1800
A decree regulated cask marks to prevent the adulteration of wine.
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1800–1825
The firm Paulo Malheiro de Melo & Filhos traded in Funchal in the first quarter of the 19th century.
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1800–1825
Captain Sebastião António Drumond rebuilt the Espírito Santo chapel at Campo de Baixo, Porto Santo.
Campo de BaixoHoly Spirit (chapels) Sebastião António Drumond Campo de BaixoChapel of the Holy Spirit
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1800–1825
The Conde do Carvalhal introduced the frog Rana temporaria to Madeira.
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1800–1825
Giraldes published in Paris his Estatística Historico-Geographica of Madeira and Porto Santo.
Giraldes (Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado) Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado Giraldes Paris
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1800–1825
Gorse was introduced to Madeira at the Quinta do Palheiro.
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1800–1825
Tea was first grown in Madeira at Jardim da Serra, introduced by consul Henry Veitch.
Tea (Thea sinensis)Jardim da Serra Henrique Veitch Jardim da Serra
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1800–1825
Madeiran ladies used palanquins for outings and social visits.
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180?
Rebuilding of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça on Porto Santo on a larger scale was begun but never completed.
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180?–185?
The present parish church of São Roque was built, work finishing around the middle of the century.
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180?
Robert Page had two refuge huts built, at Paul da Serra and Ribeira das Cales.
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180?
José Maria de Afonseca planned and built a road network across Madeira.
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180?
The chayote was already present in Madeira, known as 'pepinos nelas'.
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180?
The Caminho do Monte was opened to the public on its present route.
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180?
A plant nursery known as the Jardim Botânico existed in Monte.
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18??
Cats were brought to Deserta Grande to kill rodents damaging crops.