Year1917
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1917
Madeira's wine production fell to about 2.8 million litres, the lowest of the period.
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1917
The Funchal district recorded 3,631 deaths, 890 of them from diarrhoea and enteritis.
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1917
The Club Naval Madeirense was founded, its statutes being dated 20 July 1917.
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1917
Table tennis was introduced to Madeira.
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1917
Poetisas Portuguesas, including poems by D. Maria Helena Jervis de Atouguia e Almeida, was published.
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1917–1918
Seventeen students enrolled in the first academic year of the Funchal navigation school, four passing to the second year.
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1917
The Montanha battery was built to defend Funchal against submarines.
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1917
The São Jorge lignite, long buried by landslides, was exposed again.
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1917
Alfredo Vital Miguéis was transferred to the Escola Industrial do Funchal.
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1917
The road to Pico dos Barcelos was built.
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1917
Early in 1917 the Red Cross first-aid post opened in the Rua dos Netos, Funchal.
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1917–1918
The interior of the parish church of Curral das Freiras was substantially repaired.
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1917
Augusto Elmano Vieira's A Ultima Bênção was published in Funchal.
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1917
Juvenal Henriques de Araújo published his pamphlet on the expropriation of the Montado do Barreiro.
Araújo (Dr Juvenal Henriques de) Juvenal Henriques de Araújo Montado do Barreiro
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1917
The salient of the north bastion of the Fortaleza de São Lourenço was cut to align the Avenida Dr. Manuel de Arriaga.
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1917
Carlos Elói Mota Freitas completed the Naval School course.
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13 January 1917
The 'Pedro Álvares Cabral' mutual aid association was legalised by alvará.
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17 January 1917
The current statutes of the Montepio Madeirense were approved.
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31 January 1917
The Sé clock in Funchal was advanced one hour at the military authority's request.
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March 1917
Construction of the São Martinho rifle range began.
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5 March 1917
Manuel de Arriaga died in Lisbon.
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8 March 1917
Rua da Mouraria in Funchal was renamed Rua do Dr. Sequeira.
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16 March 1917
Clemente de Freitas da Silva died in Ponta do Sol.
Silva (Clemente de Freitas da) Clemente de Freitas da Silva Ponta do Sol
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26 March 1917
Tomás Nunes de Serra e Moura died in Lisbon.
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1 May 1917
João Paulo da Veiga Pestana was posted as officer cadet to Infantry Regiment 30.
Veiga Pestana (Second Lieutenant João Paulo da) João Paulo da Veiga Pestana
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June 1917
The funds of the Asilo de Artes e Ofícios reached 22,000$000 réis and their income was ceded to the Asilo da Mendicidade e Órfãos in Funchal.
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June 1917
A newspaper advertisement invited subscriptions for an electric tramway company in Funchal, but nobody responded.
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16 June 1917
The Regional Chamber of Agriculture held its last session.
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August 1917
Urbano Canuto Soares came to Funchal to research Padre Manuel Alvares for the Ministry of Public Instruction.
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August 1917–9 August 1917
As acting head of the district, António Jardim de Oliveira ordered maize unloaded from a Portuguese ship to avert famine; the act was disapproved and he was replaced by Colonel Sousa Rosa, prompting large demonstrations of support in Funchal on 7 and 9 August.
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3 August 1917–28 September 1917
José de Sousa Rosa was appointed civil governor of Funchal by decree on 3 August 1917, took office on the 7th and served until 28 September.
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1 September 1917
The periodical Trabalho e União published a long article on mutualism.
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5 September 1917
João Paulo da Veiga Pestana was promoted to second lieutenant.
Veiga Pestana (Second Lieutenant João Paulo da) João Paulo da Veiga Pestana
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11 September 1917
João Paulo da Veiga Pestana left for France with the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.
Veiga Pestana (Second Lieutenant João Paulo da) João Paulo da Veiga Pestana France
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16 September 1917
Jaime Constantino de Freitas Moniz died in Lisbon.
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22 September 1917
A further forestry and grazing decree was issued for Madeira, but it was judged ineffective and never fully enforced.
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28 September 1917
Daniel Telo Simões Soares took office as civil governor of Funchal for the first time.
Simões Soares (Daniel Telo) Daniel Telo Simões Soares Funchal
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13 October 1917
Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia was killed by shell fragments in the trenches in France.
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14 November 1917
A decree created the navigation school in Funchal.
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3 December 1917
The monument to the victims of the 1916 German bombardment of Funchal was inaugurated in the Angústias cemetery.
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12 December 1917
A German submarine bombarded Funchal for the second time, killing five people in the city and badly damaging Santa Clara church.
Bombardment of FunchalGreat WarOrgan of the Convent of St Clare
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15 December 1917
The bombardment victims' monument in the Angústias cemetery was handed over to the Funchal municipal council.
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18 December 1917
Carlos José Baeta Pinto Feio was appointed civil governor of the Funchal district by decree.
Feio (Dr Carlos José Barata Pinto)Pinto Feio (Dr Carlos José Baeta) Carlos José Baeta Pinto Feio Funchal