Year1895
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1895
Dr Latzel published his study of Madeiran myriapods in Hamburg.
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1895
Adolfo de Sousa Rodrigues won the third medal at the Grémio Artístico exhibition in Lisbon.
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1895
The pamphlet 'No Laboratório. Psychologia e Pathologia Cerebral', signed J. Regniard, was published in Funchal and caused a sensation.
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1895
An administrative code created the posts of administrative auditor.
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1895
The mutual-aid society adopted the name Associação 4 de Setembro de 1862.
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1895
'A Handy Guide to Madeira' by Eugene F. G. Jones was published.
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1895
Adolfo Burnay set up a dairy factory at Santo António da Serra, making Madeira's first cheeses.
Dairy industryIndustries Adolfo Burnay Santo da SerraSanto António da Serra
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1895
José Maria de Gouveia published the manual Serviço de Campanha in Funchal.
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1895
António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira presented a memoir on Portuguese cranial capacity to the Anthropological Society of Paris.
Costa Ferreira (Dr António Aurélio da) António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira
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1895
Padre Armando Augusto de Pontes published O Domingo, a Fé.
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1895
The central government built wooden houses for a meteorological station near Pico do Areeiro at a cost of about five contos, but the post was never equipped, staffed or operated.
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1895–1897
Luciano Afonso da Silva Monteiro served as deputy for Madeira in the 1895–1897 legislative session.
Monteiro (Dr Luciano Afonso da Silva) Luciano Afonso da Silva Monteiro
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1895–1897
Romano de Santa Clara Gomes sat as deputy for Madeira in parliament.
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1895
The municipal plan of Funchal was completed at a cost of about 9 contos de réis, with final payment made on 16 May.
Town Plans Carlos Roma Machado de Faria e MaiaAdriano Augusto Trigo
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1895
Edmond Falgairolle published Une expédition française à l'île de Madère en 1566 in Paris.
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1895
The Casa dos Pobres Desamparados began as the Albergue Nocturno, for men only.
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1895
Winds were observed at Areeiro from June to October.
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1895–1922
Period covered by tables of Treasury revenue and expenditure in the district of Funchal.
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1895
The Estrada da Pontinha was declared complete and reconstruction of the Pontinha breakwater was finished.
Pontinha mole (breakwater)Pontinha (locality, road, islets and mole)
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1895
Read Cabral published 'Um Novo Mundo' and the novel 'Angela Santa Clara' in Funchal.
Cabral (Henrique Read)Read Cabral (Guilherme) Henrique Read Cabral Funchal
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1895
Moisés Gonçalves published «Os Dentes Humanos», a 198-page volume.
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1895
Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos went to East Africa and fought in the campaign against Gungunhana.
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1895
José Leite Monteiro began publishing Elementos de Direito Civil Português, of which only one fascicle appeared.
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January 1895
An article on the medals and tokens of Madeira appeared in the German journal Berliner Münzblätter.
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14 January 1895–21 February 1895
A second newspaper titled A Epocha published six issues.
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2 March 1895
A decree allowed the Azorean districts to adopt administrative autonomy.
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27 April 1895
Definitive reception of the quay at the city entrance of Funchal took place.
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May 1895
Dr Luís da Câmara Pestana became an extraordinary surgeon of São José hospital.
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5 May 1895
The Funchal Shoemakers' Mutual-Aid Association was founded.
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22 May 1895
A contract for electric public lighting was signed with Kopke.
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30 May 1895
The municipal council granted a concession for pavilions in the Praça da Rainha for a permanent bazaar and horticultural exhibition.
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June 1895
Roma e Maia and Trigo proposed to complete and run the state levadas.
Levadas Carlos Roma Machado de Faria e MaiaAníbal Augusto Trigo
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June 1895
The former Convento da Incarnação building was lent to an Oficina de São José.
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27 June 1895
João Maria Moniz retired.
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22 August 1895
The park was named Parque Leite Monteiro after Dr José Leite Monteiro.
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9 September 1895
Carlos Lôbo de Ávila died.
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30 September 1895
A decree set a duty of 30 réis per kilogram on imported foreign molasses.
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October 1895
Paul Henry visited Madeira aboard the Iphigénie.
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2 October 1895–3 October 1895
A flood on 2 and 3 October damaged north-coast parishes of Madeira.
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24 October 1895
Funchal council named a street after the poet Manuel Caetano Pimenta de Aguiar.
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November 1895
A temperature of −2 °C was recorded at Areeiro.
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18 November 1895
A decree suppressed the Porto Moniz municipality for a second time, annexing its parishes to Calheta and São Vicente; it was restored in 1898.
Achadas da Cruz (parish)Calheta (town and municipality)MunicipalitiesAdministrative organisationPorto Moniz (municipality)São Vicente (town and municipality) Porto MonizSão VicenteCalheta
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25 December 1895
João Paulo da Veiga Pestana was born in Funchal.
Veiga Pestana (Second Lieutenant João Paulo da) João Paulo da Veiga Pestana Funchal
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30 December 1895
A decree began the sugar protectionist regime, creating optional registration of sugar and alcohol factories and fixing minimum cane prices of 40–45 centavos per 30 kg for registered factories.
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c. 1895
Phylloxera was first recorded on Porto Santo.