Year1893
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1893
A typhoid epidemic killed many people in Porto Moniz.
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1893
The Visconde da Ribeira Brava was in Argentina administering the Casa Armstrong properties.
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1893
Dr Quirino Avelino de Jesus published As Ordens Religiosas e as Missões Ultramarinas.
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1893
António Homem de Gouveia was ordained priest.
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1893
Henrique Augusto Vieira de Castro settled in Funchal at the end of 1893 as director of the Bank of Portugal agency.
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1893
Myoporum was introduced to Porto Santo by João Maria Moniz.
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1893
W. Hartwig published an addition to the list of the birds of the Madeira archipelago.
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1893
António Augusto de Sousa e Silva's report on the public works of 1891 was published in Lisbon.
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1893
Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos founded the Revista do Exército e da Armada.
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1893
Dr António Feliciano Rodrigues published the poem A Escola in Coimbra.
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1893
The water of the Fontinha fountain in Porto Santo was chemically analysed at the École Nationale des Mines in Paris.
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1 January 1893
The Excelsior Madeira Cricket Club was founded.
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18 January 1893
Luís da Costa Pereira died in poverty in Lisbon.
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16 March 1893
Dr Américo Ciríaco Correia da Silva was born in Funchal.
Silva (Dr Américo Ciríaco Correia da) Américo Ciríaco Correia da Silva Funchal
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23 March 1893
Dr Manuel da Assunção died while serving as deputy for Madeira.
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2 April 1893
The Funchal council opened a 60-day tender for surveying the city plan.
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6 April 1893–23 April 1893
D. Manuel Saldanha da Gama was appointed Civil Governor of Madeira a second time on 6 April 1893 and took office on 23 April.
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7 April 1893–15 May 1893
The general assembly of the Aliança Madeirense resolved to raise the company's capital, which was raised to 300 contos by deed on 15 May 1893.
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29 April 1893
Dr José Júlio Rodrigues died in Lisbon.
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25 May 1893–22 June 1904
The newspaper O Districto was published, running to 346 issues.
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16 July 1893
The first section of the Monte Railway, from Pombal to the Levada de Santa Luzia, was inaugurated.
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27 July 1893
A law authorised the government to subsidise steam navigation between Lisbon and the Adjacent Islands and between the islands of each archipelago.
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29 August 1893
Manuel Alexandre de Sousa's services to the Monte Railway were dispensed with.
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5 October 1893
The António Augusto de Aguiar school was raised to an industrial school and workshops were created.
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30 November 1893
A provisional contract with Bensaúde & C.ª established regular sailings between Madeira and Porto Santo by the steamer Falcão.
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c. 1893
Captain Manuel Alexandre de Sousa sought a broad concession of the island's unused waters.
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c. 1893
A further cooperative was set up in Madeira, lasting only two or three years.