Year1804
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1804
José Caetano de Paiva Pereira was appointed provedor dos defuntos e ausentes.
Superintendent of the Estates of the Dead and Absent José Caetano de Paiva Pereira
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1804
Roberto Page was established in Madeira, where the firm Phelps, Page & C.ª existed.
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1804
Dr João António Monteiro left Portugal on a scientific journey through Europe, never to return.
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1804
A great landslide from the Lombada enlarged Lugar de Baixo and drove the sea into Ponta do Sol.
FajãsLugar de Baixo Lugar de BaixoPonta do SolLombada da Ponta do Sol
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1804
Francisco Álvares de Nóbrega's Rimas were published in Lisbon.
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1804
Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares served in Brazil as artillery captain of the São Paulo volunteer legion.
Alvares (Joaquim de Oliveira) Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares São Paulo
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1804
The Misericórdia brothers almost entirely rebuilt the Capela de Cristo.
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1804
The Porto da Cruz fort was dismantled and its garrison sent to clear the Ribeira de Machico.
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1804
Dr António Caetano de Freitas wrote his first vaccination report and Governor Sequeira Freire urged inoculation in Madeira.
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1804
The Danish consulate in Madeira was established.
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19 February 1804–1806
Brigadier Reinaldo Oudinot arrived in Funchal in February 1804 and channelled and walled the town's three streams; floods in December 1804 proved the walls, and in 1806 houses by the João Gomes and Santa Luzia streams were demolished for the works.
Flash floodsFreire (Ascenso de Sequeira)Stream wallsOudinot (Reinaldo) Reinaldo Oudinot FunchalRibeira de João GomesRibeira de Santa Luzia
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7 May 1804
A royal order allowed wine estufas in Madeira to operate again.
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11 May 1804
João António Monteiro was appointed professor at the new chemical laboratory of Lisbon.
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14 May 1804
A royal letter on forests ordered hilltop planting on Madeira and Porto Santo and the punishment of forest arsonists.
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21 July 1804
A rescript of Pius VII confirmed Our Lady of Monte as protector of Funchal and instituted the feast of the Patrocínio.
Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish)Patron saintsVow to the Blessed Virgin Pius VII Funchal
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21 August 1804
The Funchal council instituted compulsory rota labour on stream repairs for men aged 16 to 60.
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13 September 1804
Justino António de Freitas was born.