Year · 1819

1819

The Army Arsenal made the decimal standards of weights and measures later found in Funchal.

System of weights and measures

1819

A foreign work describing Madeiran penitential processions was published.

Penitential processions

1819

Governor Sebastião Xavier Botelho urged the central government to build the levada.

Levadas Sebastião Xavier Botelho

1819

A Historical Sketch of the Island of Madeira was published in London.

Historical (An) London

1819

Regulations of the Hospital Real de Santa Isabel of Funchal were printed in Lisbon and confirmed by royal provision on 19 October 1819.

Medical-Surgical SchoolStatutes St Elizabeth’s Hospital

1819

The Lancasterian School was founded in Funchal, briefly housed in Rua do Ribeirinho de Baixo.

Lancasterian SchoolProstitution Rua do Ribeirinho de Baixo

1819

D. Manuel Martins Manso graduated in canon law at Coimbra.

Manso (Dom Manuel Martins) Coimbra

1819

Francisco Manuel de Oliveira died shortly before this year.

Oliveira (Francisco Manuel de) Francisco Manuel de Oliveira

1819

Works for the military powder magazine were costed at 5:358$000 réis.

Powder magazine

May 1819

Governor Florêncio José Correia de Melo handed over the government and left Madeira.

Melo (Florêncio José Correia de)

8 May 1819

João Francisco Lopes Rocha died in Funchal aged 71.

Lopes Rocha (João Francisco)

12 May 1819–15 May 1819

Sebastião Xavier Botelho arrived in Funchal on 12 May and took office as governor of Madeira on 15 May.

Botelho (Sebastião Xavier) Sebastião Xavier Botelho Funchal

29 May 1819

Aníbal Álvares da Silva was born in Funchal.

Álvares da Silva (Aníbal) Aníbal Álvares da Silva Funchal

19 August 1819

Luiz de Freitas Branco was born in Funchal.

Branco (Councillor Luís de Freitas) Luiz de Freitas Branco Funchal

28 August 1819

The Holy See confirmed D. João Joaquim Bernardino de Brito as bishop of Funchal.

Brito (Dom João Joaquim Bernardino de) D. João Joaquim Bernardino de Brito Funchal