Year1816
-
1816–1835
Joaquim José da Costa de Macedo's memoirs on the Canaries were published.
Discovery of the archipelago Joaquim José da Costa de Macedo Canary Islands
-
1816
José Manuel da Veiga enrolled in the faculty of canon law at Coimbra.
-
1816
Robert Page upheld Madeira wine prices against a monopoly and was thanked by the Funchal council.
-
1816
Manuel Caetano Pimenta de Aguiar published his first tragedy, Virgínia.
-
1816
Famine on Porto Santo again required relief supplies.
-
28 June 1816–2 July 1816
The French frigate Medusa passed within sight of Madeira without landing and was wrecked days later on the Arguin bank.
-
1 July 1816–8 July 1816
The Funchal council read the governor's order to build a lazaretto and petitioned the Prince Regent for a loan to build it.
-
10 August 1816
The Misericórdia approved regulations for the Hospital Real de Santa Isabel, creating a medical-surgical class; they were printed in 1820.
Medical-Surgical SchoolMisericórdias St Elizabeth’s Hospital
-
21 September 1816
Chetien Smith died in the Congo.
-
27 October 1816
Joaquim de Oliveira Alvares defeated Artigas's forces at Carumbé.
-
17 December 1816
Funchal's council held the breaking-of-shields ceremony and royal funeral rites for Queen Maria I.
Funeral ritesMaria I Maria I FunchalFunchal Cathedral (the Sé)
-
c. 1816
The Count of Lambert was born.