Year1898
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1898
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar became professor at the Naval School.
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1898
A. W. Waters listed eight Madeiran membraniporid species.
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1898
Ciríaco de Brito e Nóbrega's Um Marinheiro do Século XV was published.
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1898–1899
António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira published 'Cranios Portugueses'.
Costa Ferreira (Dr António Aurélio da) António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira
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1898
The Diário Popular gave away a map of Madeira as a free gift.
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1898–1901
The Campo de D. Carlos was constructed in Funchal.
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1898
António Francisco da Silva Ramos completed his medical course and published his dissertation.
Ramos (António Francisco da Silva) António Francisco da Silva Ramos
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1898
José Ramos Coelho published the poem A ilha da Madeira.
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1898–1903
José Carlos de Faria e Castro revisited Madeira in 1898 and 1903.
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1898
In summer the Brest–Cape Cod telegraph cable broke, and its recovery brought up lava fragments from the Atlantic floor.
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1898
Joannes Böhm published his paper on fossils of the Selvagens.
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1898
Padre José Pereira da Silva was ordained and came to Madeira.
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1898
The water mills of the marquesses of Castelo Melhor near the Largo do Marquês in Funchal were demolished.
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1898
Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos served as delegate to the Hague conference (dated 1900 elsewhere in the entry).
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1898
Death of Manuel Celestino Emídio.
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1898
The ruinous Vapor building in Funchal was demolished.
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1898–1899
Gabriel Pereira's translation of Diogo Gomes's narrative appeared in the Boletim da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa.
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1898–April 1898
Engineer Adolfo Loureiro came to Madeira to study its water regime, returning to Lisbon in April 1898.
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6 January 1898
Dr. Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo died in Lisbon.
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9 January 1898–22 February 1898
The seven issues of the Funchal periodical Trip-Trap appeared.
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13 January 1898–13 February 1898
A decree of 13 January 1898 restored the municipality of Porto Moniz, which was reinstalled on 13 February.
Achadas da Cruz (parish)Funchal – I. Origin of the nameMunicipalitiesPorto Moniz (municipality)São Vicente (town and municipality) Porto Moniz
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16 January 1898
Canon Dr. João Jacinto Gonçalves de Andrade died in São Paulo.
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27 January 1898
The Funchal council president proposed discussing a municipal tribute to Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo.
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February 1898
Hector Léveillé published 'Les Renonculacées, Geraniacées et Haloragées de Madère'.
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3 February 1898–24 April 1899
The poet António Nobre resided in Funchal seeking a cure for tuberculosis, writing there the sonnet 'Sestança' dated 29 July 1898.
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28 February 1898
Dr. Patrício Moniz died in Lisbon.
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March 1898
The Bataria das Fontes was handed to the municipal council and ordered demolished.
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3 March 1898
The Câmara licensed enlargement of the Santa Luzia churchyard.
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29 April 1898
The Visconde da Ribeira Brava presented a bill to sell the state levadas.
Levadas Francisco Correia Heredia, Visconde da Ribeira Brava
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9 May 1898
The Brazilian engineer André Rebouças was found dead near Reid's Hotel in Funchal.
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10 May 1898
Luís Vieira de Castro was born in Funchal.
Vieira de Castro (Dr Luís) Luís Lopes Vieira de Castro Funchal
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12 May 1898
Dr. Luiz da Câmara Pestana was appointed substitute professor at the Lisbon Medical School.
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10 July 1898
João Maria Moniz died in Funchal.
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26 July 1898
José Maria Smith Barruncho died in Lisbon as a general.
Barruncho (José Maria Smith) José Maria Smith Barruncho Lisbon
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10 September 1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, a former visitor to Madeira, was assassinated by Lucheni.
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8 December 1898
The Ateneu Comercial do Funchal was installed.
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19 December 1898
A deed divided the Piornais water into sevenths with the Levada Nova de Câmara de Lobos.
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28 December 1898
The 500 lamps and 8 arc lights contracted for Funchal's public lighting were in operation.