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1834
Constitutional (liberal) government was established in Madeira, bringing the island under mainland law, ending the old council arrangements, the militia and the white city flag.
City flagMunicipal councilsPrimary SchoolsMadeiran historyOrdinary judgesMilitiaBy-lawsSettlement and colonisation
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1834
Madeira became an administrative district like those of the mainland, no longer an overseas province, with civil and military government separated and Mousinho de Albuquerque as first prefect.
Navy and Overseas ArchiveMilitary commandersFunchal – I. Origin of the nameCivil governorsHenriques Pinto (Luiz de Miranda) Luiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque Madeira
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1834
The prefect created police commissioners, parish commissioners and constables under the new liberal administration.
Commissioners of the Municipal ProvedoresPoliceParish regedores
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1834
João António Pedroso introduced the tamarisk to Porto Santo.
AfforestationPorto Santo (island)Porto Santo (vegetation)Tamarisk (Tamarix gallica) João António Pedroso Porto Santo
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1834
The bálsamo (Mesembrianthemum edule) was introduced to Porto Santo.
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1834
Canon Jerónimo Álvares da Silva Pinheiro's exile in Brazil ended.
Silva Pinheiro (Canon Jerónimo Álvares da) Jerónimo Álvares da Silva Pinheiro Brazil
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1834
Juvenal Honório de Ornelas published his Paris medical thesis on post-partum haemorrhage.
Ornelas (Juvenal Honório de) Juvenal Honório de Ornelas Paris
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1834–1848
Richard Thomas Lowe served as chaplain of the British church in Funchal.
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1834
J. A. Mason visited Madeira to treat a lung disease.
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1834
District heads began addressing councils and officials as senhoria.
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1834
Acúrsio Garcia Ramos was born on Terceira.
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1834–1836
The Conde de Tojal served as deputy for Madeira.
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1834
Metal founding probably began in Madeira.
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1834
John Driver wrote his letters from Madeira.
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1834
A Flor do Oceano mentioned Manuel Carlos de Vasconcelos's lost manuscript.
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1834
The office of juiz do povo came to an end.
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1834
M. Raynold Brucker's article on the Chapel of Skulls appeared in the Musée des Familles.
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1834
Luís Monteiro was entrusted with a mission to the Portuguese legation in London.
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1834
The Sociedade Patriótica Madeirense existed in Funchal and published a pamphlet with a member's motion.
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1834
Ernst Haeckel was born.
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1834–1835
The winter of 1834–35 in Funchal had more rainy days than usual, with fine persistent rain.
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1834
With the end of the civil wars, A Flor do Oceano, organ of the Madeiran Cartists, appeared.
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1834
Dr João António Monteiro died in Paris aged 65.
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1834–1856
Lourenço José Moniz represented Madeira in parliament through successive legislatures, except 1842–45.
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1834
A popular uprising in Calheta spread to Arco da Calheta.
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1834
The Visconde de Atouguia was elected deputy for Madeira.
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1834
The Aljube prison in Funchal was still in existence.
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1834
All nine collegiate chapters of the diocese had been abolished shortly before 1834.
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1834
The Fortaleza do Pico regained its old name after the fall of the Miguelists.
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1834
At the end of 1834 the first Count of Carvalhal returned from exile to Madeira and ordered major repairs to the theatre.
Carvalhal (1st Count of)Teatro de Bom Gosto Count of Carvalhal Teatro Esperança
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1834–1840
Mousinho de Albuquerque served as deputy for Madeira.
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1834
The Bocage family returned to Madeira from Brazil.
Barbosa du Bocage (José Vicente) João José Barbosa du Bocage Brazil
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1834
João Agostinho Pereira de Agrela returned to Madeira.
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1 February 1834
The future Visconde de Atouguia was made full lecturer of the Naval Academy.
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29 March 1834
A decree set out who was to serve in the National Guard.
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May 1834
Bishop Francisco José Rodrigues de Andrade left Madeira for exile in Italy, accompanied by António Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade and António Alexandrino de Vasconcelos.
Andrade (Dean António Joaquim Gonçalves de)Arco de São Jorge (parish)Cerveira e Sousa (Dom José Xavier de) Francisco José Rodrigues de AndradeAntónio Joaquim Gonçalves de AndradeAntónio Alexandrino de Vasconcelos GenoaItaly
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7 May 1834
A decree abolished the Casa dos Vinte e Quatro and the guild representation.
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16 May 1834
José António de Almada was wounded at the battle of Asseiceira.
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26 May 1834
The Convention of Évora Monte ended the Portuguese civil war.
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28 May 1834
A decree abolished the religious orders and convents; the Franciscan convent in Funchal was abandoned.
LibrariesSt Francis in Funchal (convent)Guarda (Friar Pedro da) Convent of St Francis
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28 May 1834
The liberal frigate D. Pedro began blockading Madeira, and the Miguelist governor refused to receive its envoy.
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June 1834
With the establishment of constitutional government in Madeira, Marceliano Ribeiro de Mendonça ended six years in hiding.
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3 June 1834
The schooner Amélia arrived at Madeira with news of the Convention of Évora-Monte.
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5 June 1834
The constitutional (liberal) government and Constitutional Charter were proclaimed in Funchal, peacefully in the town though with violence in some parishes, establishing liberal institutions in Madeira.
Judicial administrationAndrade (Dom Francisco José Rodrigues de)Bertrand (Henrique de Price)Cinco de Junho (street)Military garrisonFreemasonryPopular riotsProclamations of constitutional governmentRestauração (square) Álvaro da Costa de Sousa Macedo Funchal
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6 June 1834
The Charter was sworn and D. Maria II acclaimed queen at the town hall of Funchal.
Acclamations of monarchsProclamations of constitutional government Maria II Funchal town hallFunchal
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7 June 1834
D. Maria II was again proclaimed queen on Porto Santo.
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12 June 1834
Bishop D. Francisco José Rodrigues de Andrade entrusted the diocese to the cathedral chapter and left for Italy the next day.
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14 June 1834
The last juiz de fora of Funchal, Manuel Cirilo Esperança Freire, ceased to serve, ending the office.
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21 June 1834
Januário Cardoso de Melo was appointed by decree provedor do concelho of Funchal.
Superintendent of the municipality Januário Cardoso de Melo Funchal
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23 June 1834
Legislation of 23 June 1834 placed the Funchal customs on the mainland footing, imposed taxes criticised as harmful to Madeira, blamed estufas for discrediting Madeira wine, and abolished the Junta da Real Fazenda in favour of an interim treasury commission.
Customs housesBibliographyEstufasRoyal Treasury Board of the Island of Madeira
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30 June 1834
Luiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque was appointed prefect of Madeira by decree.
Albuquerque (Luís da Silva Mousinho de) Luiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque Madeira
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5 July 1834
The Constitutional Municipal Commission of Funchal was elected to replace councillors appointed under the usurpation.
Constitutional Municipal Commission Tristão Joaquim Bettencourt da CâmaraValentim de Freitas LealLuís Teixeira DoriaJoão Francisco de Florença
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10 July 1834
A riot against the new constitutional government broke out in Calheta and was put down by troops and marines.
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13 July 1834
Governor D. Álvaro da Costa de Sousa Macedo left Madeira for Lisbon, replaced by an interim government.
Macedo (Dom Álvaro da Costa de Sousa)Proclamations of constitutional government Álvaro da Costa de Sousa Macedo Lisbon
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14 July 1834
José Ferreira Pestana was appointed professor of mathematics at Coimbra.
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16 July 1834
An administrative commission was appointed for the Machico council after the constitutional restoration.
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21 July 1834
Infantry Regiment no. 5 was organised by decree for the defence of Madeira.
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August 1834
António Gil Gomes returned to Madeira after representative government was established.
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6 August 1834–September 1835
Mousinho de Albuquerque arrived and took office as prefect and military governor of Madeira on 6 August 1834, governing until September 1835.
Albuquerque (Luís da Silva Mousinho de)Infant AsylumMilitary OrganisationProclamations of constitutional government Luiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque Madeira
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6 August 1834
The Junta da Real Fazenda of Madeira ceased functioning.
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9 August 1834
Porto Santo was made a provedoria, with João de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt as its first provedor.
Porto Santo (town and municipality)Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt (João de) João de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt Porto Santo
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16 August 1834
Januário Cardoso de Melo took office as first provedor of the municipality of Funchal.
Municipal administratorsSuperintendent of the municipality Januário Cardoso de Melo Funchal
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September 1834
After the civil war Madeira elected four deputies to the Cortes, among them José Liberato Freire de Carvalho for the 1834–36 session.
Freire de Carvalho (José Liberato)Representation in the Cortes José Liberato Freire de Carvalho
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1 September 1834
The prefect and military governor appointed a commission to enrol men in the National Guard in Madeira.
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8 September 1834
Queen D. Maria II made José António de Almada a knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword.
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13 October 1834
Governor Mousinho de Albuquerque appointed a new juiz de fora and corregedor in Madeira.
Judicial administration Luiz da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque
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20 October 1834
The first constitutional council of Machico was elected.
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20 October 1834
The Constitutional Municipal Commission of Funchal ended its functions.
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5 November 1834
The council agreed to pay the Misericórdia once for treating prostitutes with venereal disease.
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7 November 1834
António Alfredo was appointed temporal governor of the diocese of Funchal.
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8 November 1834
Prefect Mousinho de Albuquerque placed the Santa Casa da Misericórdia under a municipal administrative commission and approved a new regulation for it.
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9 November 1834–29 October 1840
The second A Flor do Oceano, the first Madeiran newspaper after the constitutional government, was published from 1834 to 1840.
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12 November 1834
Mousinho de Albuquerque gave the Auxiliary Artillery corps a regulation of fifteen companies.
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December 1834
The orphan asylum (Asilo da Infância) opened in the São Lourenço palace in mid-December 1834.
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11 December 1834–13 December 1834
Illuminations were held in Madeira for the marriage of D. Maria II, with national mourning suspended.