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  1. 1836

    The São Roque cemetery, Funchal's oldest Catholic cemetery, was built and work began on the Angústias cemetery.

  2. 1836

    The Administrative Code created the district council and abolished the prefecture council.

  3. 1836

    E. Maurice's article on the discovery of Madeira appeared in volume IV of the Musée des Familles.

  4. 1836

    The Administrator General ordered the Marquês de Castelo Melhor to be assessed for the redízima.

  5. 1836

    In early 1836 part of the churchyard of São João Evangelista was demolished to create the Largo do Colégio in Funchal.

  6. 1836

    Prisoners were returned from the São Francisco convent to the prison house in the Largo da Sé.

  7. 1836

    The Visconde de Atouguia was appointed civil governor of Porto.

  8. 1836

    The Liceu do Funchal was founded, with Marceliano Ribeiro de Mendonça on its teaching staff.

  9. 1836

    Justino António de Freitas completed his law degree at Coimbra.

  10. 1836

    The Funchal municipal council demolished the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade in the Largo da Igrejinha.

  11. 1836

    D. Luís da Câmara Leme enlisted in the army.

  12. 1836

    The 9th Military Division was created in Madeira.

  13. 1836

    The Junta Geral apparently held its only extraordinary meeting.

  14. 1836–1839

    Of the eleven city gates remaining in Funchal in 1836, several were demolished between 1836 and 1839.

  15. January 1836

    The Calheta rioters were tried; seven were sentenced to perpetual exile in Angola and a priest to Mozambique.

  16. 10 January 1836

    The officers of the National Guard battalion were elected at a meeting in the Praça da Constituição, Funchal.

  17. 13 January 1836

    An order granted a house in the Campo da Barca to the Asilo da Infância.

  18. 20 January 1836

    The Funchal Commercial Association was formally installed and its first board elected.

  19. 26 January 1836

    António Policarpo dos Passos Sousa was born at Madalena do Mar.

  20. 5 February 1836

    Funchal council ordered the demolition of the chapel of Santo António in Rua da Laranjeira.

  21. 6 February 1836

    The victims' remains were exhumed and reburied in an urn in the Misericórdia church.

  22. 8 March 1836

    The government granted 1:000$000 réis to the Funchal Misericórdia for treating venereal disease.

  23. 10 March 1836

    The Clube União, one of Funchal's first recreational clubs, was founded.

  24. 12 March 1836

    A royal letter approved the first statutes of the Funchal Commercial Association.

  25. 14 March 1836

    Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos was born in Funchal.

  26. 17 March 1836

    Pedro Maria Gonçalves de Freitas, later Visconde de Gonçalves de Freitas, was born in Madeira.

  27. 14 May 1836

    António de Gamboa e Liz took office as civil governor in Funchal.

  28. 18 May 1836

    Father Armando Augusto de Pontes was born in Funchal.

  29. 13 June 1836

    The parish of Água de Pena was suppressed and annexed to Santo da Serra, forming the parish of Santo da Serra e Água de Pena.

  30. 8 July 1836

    João da Câmara de Carvalhal offered land to enlarge the Angústias cemetery.

  31. 7 August 1836

    Manuel José Vieira was born in Funchal.

  32. 26 August 1836

    The Câmara ordered the first bridge over the Ribeira de Santa Luzia near the fish market.

  33. 9 September 1836

    Following the political events of September 1836, the head of the archipelago's government took the title of Administrador Geral, held by Luís da Silva Mousinho de Albuquerque.

  34. 10 September 1836

    The September Revolution in Portugal overturned the Constitutional Charter and the queen swore the restored Constitution of 1820, so the newly elected Cortes never met; in Madeira it passed without notable hostilities.

  35. 25 September 1836

    The restored Constitution of 1820 was solemnly sworn in Madeira.

  36. 28 September 1836

    The governor of the bishopric separated Jardim do Mar from its dependence on Paul do Mar.

  37. 26 October 1836

    A decree established mortgage registers in municipal administrations.

  38. 17 November 1836

    A decree created a lyceum in each district capital.

  39. 18 November 1836

    Boaventura was raised to an independent parish, separated from Ponta Delgada.

  40. 23 December 1836

    Issue 108 ended the continuous numbering of the second A Flor do Oceano; later numbering was annual.

  41. 29 December 1836

    A decree created medical-surgical schools in overseas district capitals, including Funchal.

  42. 1836–1837

    The boganga (Cucurbita melanosperma) was introduced to Madeira from Tenerife.

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