Year1857
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1857
The police were housed in the former São Francisco convent in Funchal.
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1857
James Mackenzie Bloxam's 'The Church of England in Madeira' was published in London.
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1857
Nathaniel Haslope Mason visited Madeira and assembled natural-history collections.
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1857–1862
Jaime Constantino de Freitas Moniz studied law at Coimbra, graduating in 1862.
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1857
Eduardo Ernesto de Castelo Branco enlisted in the army.
Castelo Branco (Eduardo Ernesto de) Eduardo Ernesto de Castelo Branco
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1857–1858
Sebastião Frederico Rodrigues Leal represented Madeira in the Portuguese parliament.
Leal (Sebastião Frederico Rodrigues) Sebastião Frederico Rodrigues Leal
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1857
Governor António Rogério Gromicho Couceiro had the organ of Machico parish church repaired.
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1857
Fire destroyed part of the lazaretto at Gonçalo Aires.
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1857
The eared woollen cap was already in use in Madeira.
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1857
A second edition of the Conde de Vargas de Bédmar's work was published on São Miguel.
Bédmar (Count of Vargas de) Count of Vargas de Bédmar São Miguel
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1857
James Yate Johnson edited and published the second edition of Robert White's 'Madeira, its climate and scenery'.
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1857–1868
António Correia Herédia represented Madeira in parliament across several sessions between 1857 and 1868.
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1857–1878
D. Luís da Câmara Leme was continuously elected deputy for various constituencies from 1857 to 1878.
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1857
José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage published a note on shells of Madeira and Porto Santo.
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1857
The future Conde de Canavial obtained his medical doctorate at Montpellier.
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1857
José Pereira Sanches de Castro published his observations on the colonia contract.
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1857
Hector Clairouin came to Funchal.
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8 January 1857
Januário Justiniano de Nóbrega became third clerk of the municipal administration.
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2 April 1857–30 January 1858
The first newspaper titled 'A Madeira' published forty-three issues.
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21 April 1857
Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara was born in Funchal.
Câmara (Alfredo Bettencourt da) Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara Funchal
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25 April 1857
A law abolished the soap monopoly.
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20 May 1857
Nicolau Caetano de Bettencourt Pita died on Terceira.
Special judicial commission of 1823Bettencourt Pita (Nicolau Caetano) Nicolau Caetano de Bettencourt Pita Terceira
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26 May 1857
João Augusto Pereira was born in Ribeira Brava.
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8 June 1857–17 June 1857
During its 1857–1859 circumnavigation, the Austrian frigate Novara under Commodore Wuellerstorf-Urbair, with geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter aboard, stayed at Madeira and Funchal from 8 to 17 June 1857.
Scientific expeditionsHochstetter (Dr Ferd. von)Novara (frigate)Wuellerstorf-Urbair (Commodore) Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-UrbairFerdinand von Hochstetter FunchalMadeira
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15 June 1857
Joaquim Pedro de Castelo Branco was granted a coat of arms, the latest such grant listed.
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7 August 1857
Henrique Veitch died in Madeira.
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23 August 1857
The new parish church of Santo António da Serra was solemnly blessed.
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1 September 1857
D. Marta Celina Sauvayre da Câmara was born in Funchal.
Câmara (Dona Marta Celina Sauvayre da) D. Marta Celina Sauvayre da Câmara Funchal
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3 September 1857
Governor António Rogério Gromicho Couceiro left Madeira at the end of his governorship.
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12 September 1857
A royal charter granted the Misericórdia a lottery that ran for several years.
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21 October 1857
The first issue of the first newspaper 'O Direito' appeared.
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18 November 1857
Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos was appointed second attaché in Washington.
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4 December 1857
Dr Lourenço José Moniz died poor in Lisbon; his epitaph gives 6 December.
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c. 1857
The image of St George ceased to appear in the Corpus Christi procession in Funchal.