Year1888
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1888
Many cases of hookworm anaemia occurred in Porto da Cruz.
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1888–1890
João Tierno claimed to have made meteorological observations in this period, though no record of them exists.
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1888
The Madeira Cricket Club was founded, beginning organised competitive cricket; its first match, bachelors against married men, was played at the Achada da Camacha on 20 March 1888.
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1888
The Viscondessa das Nogueiras's French translation of Herculano's Eurico o Presbítero was published in Paris.
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1888
João Joaquim Pinto and António Aires Pacheco were presented to canonries of Funchal Cathedral.
Pacheco (Canon António Aires)Pinto (Dean Dr João Joaquim) João Joaquim PintoAntónio Aires Pacheco Funchal Cathedral (the Sé)
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1888
L. Manchon's 'A travers Madère, onze jours en hamac' was published in Paris.
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1888
Padre José Gonçalves de Aguiar published the Tratado da Penitência in Lisbon.
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1888
Dr Charles Omnès published Stations sanitaires de l'Atlantique occidental in Montpellier.
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1888
Madeiran emigration to Angola resumed, with ten more colonists settling in Huíla.
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1888
Henrique Félix Freitas Vale published A Revolta da Madeira e a comissão de inquérito.
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1888
Uruguay and Argentina had consular representation in Funchal.
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11 January 1888
Colonel Valadas arrived in Funchal with 250 infantrymen.
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17 January 1888
Dr Robert Reid Kalley died in Edinburgh.
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22 January 1888–10 January 1890
The Jornal do Povo was published, producing 117 issues.
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24 January 1888
The Visconde das Nogueiras died in Washington.
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4 February 1888
The 2nd Count of Carvalhal died in Funchal.
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11 February 1888–1 July 1894
The first newspaper called A Lucta was published, reaching issue 319.
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March 1888
Prince Albert I of Monaco visited the Deserta Grande.
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10 March 1888
The Count of Canavial's regulation for the Misericórdia was approved but lasted only eleven days.
Misericórdias João da Câmara Leme Homem de Vasconcelos, Conde de Canavial
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11 March 1888
The Teatro D. Maria Pia (later Teatro Manuel de Arriaga) was solemnly inaugurated in Funchal with the zarzuela Las Dos Princesas.
Teatro EsperançaManuel de Arriaga Theatre Luigi Manini Teatro D. Maria Pia
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11 May 1888
A royal charter approved the revised statutes of the Associação Comercial do Funchal, adopted in December 1887, which were printed that year.
Funchal Commercial AssociationTrade associationsStatutes Funchal
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17 May 1888
The council obtained use of the Fortaleza do Pico as a prison for ten years.
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26 July 1888
A law gave legal personality to the associations of levada heréus in Madeira, allowing them to own property.
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August 1888
The old British cemetery in Funchal was ceded to the municipal council and demolished, its site becoming a square.
British CemeteryVisconde do Ribeiro Real (square) Old British CemeteryFunchalLargo do Visconde do Ribeiro Real
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17 August 1888
A telegraph station was created in Porto da Cruz by decree.
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29 August 1888
The council bought glass panes for the Municipal Garden's greenhouse.
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24 September 1888
The Funchal municipal council organised the fire company.
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3 November 1888
Francisco Luís Pereira de Sousa enlisted in the army.
Pereira de Sousa (Francisco Luís) Francisco Luís Pereira de Sousa
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25 November 1888
The first Diário Popular suspended publication after 282 issues.
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23 December 1888
The Viscondessa das Nogueiras died aged 83.
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1888–1889
The cooperative's grocery was closed on the liquidation of the society.
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c. 1888
The Clube União was founded in Funchal.