Year1907
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1907
The first annual volume of the 'Ordens da Direcção da Alfândega do Funchal' covers this year.
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1907
The Duke of the Abruzzi visited Madeira in command of the cruiser Etna.
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1907
João da Câmara Pestana published a paper on wet root rot of the chestnut tree.
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1907
Tobacco cultivation was resumed in Madeira, though it did not become widespread.
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1907
Jaime Sanches Câmara published Poema Antigo in Lisbon.
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1907
D. Maria Helena Jervis de Atouguia e Almeida published Mosaicos.
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1907
Canon Henrique Modesto de Betencourt built and founded a chapel to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Cardais, in Água de Pena parish.
Água de Pena (parish)CardaisSacred Heart (chapel) Henrique Modesto de Betencourt Chapel of the Sacred Heart at CardaisCardais
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1907
A plague epidemic in Madeira caused intense public indignation; Dr António Balbino do Rego published two pamphlets on it.
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1907
João Franco's government took power and a Franquist political group formed in Madeira.
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1907
A short smallpox outbreak in Funchal was contained by isolating patients in the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto, where Miss Mary Jane Wilson directed the isolation hospital.
EpidemicsWilson (Miss Mary Jane) Lazareto de Gonçalo AiresFunchal
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1907
The new quay at Machico was modified and improved.
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1907
L. A. Dode published 'Un nouveau Sorbus', describing Sorbus maderensis, in the Bulletin de la Société Dendrologique de France.
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1907
Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos accompanied Prince Luís Filipe on a voyage to the African colonies.
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1907–1910
The Faial bridge, about 130 metres long and the longest in Madeira, was built over the Ribeira do Faial.
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1907
Father Alphonse Luisier received a collection of Madeiran mosses and published his first note on them.
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1907
Eduardo de Castro e Almeida published volume I of the inventory of documents on Madeira and Porto Santo in the Arquivo da Marinha e Ultramar.
Navy and Overseas Archive Eduardo de Castro e Almeida MadeiraPorto Santo
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6 January 1907
The Garantia Funchalense insurance company was founded in Funchal.
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31 January 1907–30 September 1917
The second newspaper O Povo was published, issuing 1248 numbers until 30 September 1917.
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February 1907
A 40-réis Madeiran token was sold in Amsterdam for 6 florins.
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21 March 1907
Dr João Augusto Teixeira died in Funchal.
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May 1907
General Louis Botha passed through Funchal on his way to London.
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13 June 1907–3 August 1907
Boaventura Mendes de Almeida was appointed civil governor of Funchal by decree of 13 June 1907 and took office on 3 August.
Almeida (Boaventura Mendes de) Boaventura Mendes de Almeida Funchal
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July 1907
The autograph manuscript of Dr Julião Fernandes da Silva was discovered and bought by the Funchal Municipal Library.
Fernandes da Silva (Dr Julião) Dr. Julião Fernandes da Silva Funchal Municipal Library
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July 1907
A single-issue newspaper celebrating the anniversary of the Associação Protectora dos Estudantes Pobres was published.
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August 1907
A suspected disease in Santo António parish killed all 14 people it struck before being contained under Governor Boaventura Mendes de Almeida.
Almeida (Boaventura Mendes de) Boaventura Mendes de Almeida Santo António
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2 August 1907
José Bettencourt de Abreu died, leaving his fortune to the works of São Martinho church.
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13 August 1907
An east wind (leste) brought an absolute maximum of 37.3 °C in the shade in Funchal.
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17 August 1907–7 October 1907
The newspaper Revolucionário was published in six issues.
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3 September 1907
The last issue of A Chacota appeared.
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7 September 1907
A savings bank attached to the Monte-Pio Madeirense was approved.
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9 September 1907
José Dias Ferreira died at Vidago.
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October 1907
Helena M. J. Taylor died in England, aged about 65.
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19 October 1907
Bishop D. Manuel Agostinho Barreto blessed the new Gothic church of Jardim do Mar.
Jardim do Mar (parish) D. Manuel Agostinho Barreto Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
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3 November 1907
José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage died in Lisbon.
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22 November 1907
The first motor car began to circulate in Funchal.
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December 1907
The first issue of the seminary students' magazine Esperança appeared.
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1 December 1907–3 May 1908
The newspaper Primeiro de Dezembro was published, issuing twenty numbers.
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19 December 1907
Rui Barbosa visited Madeira and was given a luncheon before sailing for Brazil aboard the Araguaya.
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31 December 1907
Terceira commemorated the centenary of the birth of José Silvestre Ribeiro.