Year1832
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1832
José Luiz Brandão was appointed the last alcaide of Funchal.
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1832
The municipalities of Santana, Câmara de Lobos and Porto Moniz were created; Câmara de Lobos was not installed at the time.
Câmara de Lobos (municipality)Municipalities SantanaCâmara de LobosPorto Moniz
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1832
Jacinto Augusto Camacho was promoted to ensign.
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1832
Robert Reid Kalley completed his medical degree.
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1832
Domingos António de Sousa Coutinho, Marquis of Funchal, died in London.
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1832–1833
Governor Álvaro de Sousa de Macedo ordered the demolition of Funchal's Teatro Grande, which was pulled down in 1833.
Oliveira Paixão (José Joaquim de)TheatreTeatro Grande Álvaro da Costa de Sousa Macedo Teatro Grande do Funchal
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1832
F. de Assis Sousa Vaz's treatise on Madeira's climate and phthisis was published in Paris.
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1832
D. Júlia da Cunha died of cholera in Lisbon.
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1832
English committees ceased administering the pilgrims' house at Santo António da Serra.
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19 February 1832
Manuel Caetano Pimenta de Aguiar died of apoplexy in Lisbon.
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March 1832
A liberal expedition sent by D. Pedro IV under Mousinho de Albuquerque to take Madeira from the Miguelists failed to attack and turned to Porto Santo instead.
Albuquerque (Luís da Silva Mousinho de)Atouguia (Viscount of) Pedro IVLuiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque Porto Santo
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4 April 1832–25 May 1832
A constitutional force of 60 artillerymen from Terceira occupied Porto Santo and proclaimed D. Maria II, joined on 7 April by Admiral Sartorius and Mousinho de Albuquerque; it left for the Azores with 104 Madeiran volunteers in May.
Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo)Occupation of Porto Santo by the Constitutional troops George Rose SartoriusLuiz da Silva Mousinho de AlbuquerqueMaria II Porto SantoTerceiraAzores
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May 1832
During the blockade of Madeira, José António de Almada fled to the Queen's naval division.
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6 May 1832
A decree created the prefecture council.
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16 May 1832
Mouzinho de Albuquerque was named prefect, the first constitutional administrative authority of the archipelago.
Chief authorities of the archipelago Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque
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16 May 1832
A national judicial reform abolishing the corregedores was decreed, applied in Madeira only in 1835.
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16 May 1832
A decree created provincial general councils, which never functioned in Madeira.
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29 May 1832
A Miguelist party from Madeira proclaimed D. Miguel on Porto Santo and returned the same night.
Occupation of Porto Santo by the Constitutional troops Miguel I
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8 July 1832
D. Pedro's liberal army of 7,500 men, including Madeirans such as D. Jorge da Câmara Leme, landed at Mindelo.
Bettencourt (Nicolau Anastácio de)Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo)Câmara Leme (Dom Jorge da) D. PedroD. Jorge da Câmara Leme Mindelo
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14 July 1832–20 July 1832
Decrees definitively abolished the militias and ordenanças, ending the office of capitão-mor in Madeira.
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13 August 1832
A decree abolished the alcaidarias-mores of Funchal and Machico.
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5 October 1832
João Joaquim de Freitas was born in Machico.