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1920–1921
Professor Cockerell surveyed the archipelago's coccids, recording over thirty species.
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1920
The 1920 census gave Madeira 179,000 inhabitants.
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1920
Madeira had 22 dairy factories and over 30 skimming stations.
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1920
Jaime Sanches Câmara published the verse tragedy 'Galateia'; Alberto Figueira Jardim published 'Fructos'.
Câmara (Jaime Sanches)Jardim (Dr Alberto Figueira) Jaime Sanches CâmaraAlberto Figueira Jardim
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1920
The yacht Gonçalves Zargo was built at Cabrestante.
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1920
José Nunes da Mata visited Madeira.
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1920
Dr Vasco Gonçalves Marques joined the Republican Party of National Reconstitution.
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1920
The brandy resale tax yielded 82:434$87, mostly shared among the municipal councils.
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1920
Only 50 to 60 British people lived permanently in Funchal.
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1920
Pestana Júnior published 'O Reconhecimento da Madeira', proposing a new date for the island's discovery.
Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira Manuel Gregório Pestana Júnior
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1920
Funchal municipal revenue included 101.700$00 from the deposit for the city's sanitation works.
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1920
The census recorded 1,093 inhabitants in Madalena do Mar parish.
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1920
The 1920 census recorded 6,190 inhabitants in Ponta do Sol parish and 24,284 in the city of Funchal.
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1920–1921
Martin Vahl made his second stay in Madeira and also visited Porto Santo.
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1920
Augusto Elmano Vieira completed his law degree at Lisbon.
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1920
Eduardo Antonino Pestana graduated in law at the University of Lisbon.
Pestana (Dr Eduardo Antonino) Eduardo Antonino Pestana Lisbon
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1920
At the height of the embroidery industry Funchal had 60 export houses and over 35,000 embroiderers worked in Madeira and Porto Santo.
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1920
Joana de Castelo Branco died in Lisbon.
Castelo Branco (Dona Joana de) Joana de Castelo Branco Lisbon
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22 January 1920
The first issue of Ecos da Madeira appeared.
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31 January 1920
The first issue of O Operário appeared.
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February 1920
João Maria de Santiago Presado was proclaimed deputy for Madeira unopposed.
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February 1920
Three descendants of the female line of the Phelps family visited Funchal.
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1 February 1920
Service on the Monte railway resumed after the explosion.
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1 February 1920
The last issue, number 61, of O Vigilante was published.
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25 February 1920–26 February 1920
A violent storm with great gales struck Madeira, leaving over 500 homeless and bringing down the Areeiro instrument tower.
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March 1920
Demolition began in Funchal for the Avenida António José de Almeida.
Cortina da Cidade (city walls) Avenida António José de Almeida
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March 1920
A man aged 101 died in Madeira.
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10 March 1920
Conselheiro José Leite Monteiro died.
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17 March 1920
Luís de Ornelas Pinto Coelho died in Funchal.
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20 March 1920
The tenth and last issue of the first series of Gente Nova appeared.
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24 March 1920
Law no. 960 freed trade in national wheat and set rules for imported wheat and bread prices.
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30 March 1920
Conselheiro João Baptista de Freitas Leal died in Funchal aged 82.
Leal (Councillor João Baptista de Freitas) João Baptista de Freitas Leal Funchal
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8 April 1920
The Cooperativa Popular opened its establishments.
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9 April 1920
Decree 6521 modified the 1919 sugar decree.
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12 April 1920
A decree on the sugar question left unrepealed provisions considered harmful to cane growers; it remained in force when the Elucidário was written.
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29 April 1920–1 October 1920
Vasco Crispiniano da Silva was appointed civil governor of the Funchal district and was relieved at his own request on 1 October 1920.
Silva (Vasco Crispiniano da) Vasco Crispiniano da Silva Funchal
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1 May 1920–November 1920
Os Novos published its first issue; its tenth and probably last appeared in November 1920.
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25 May 1920
Regulations for the brandy resale tax were issued.
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30 May 1920
Most Madeiran Democrats decided to join the Reconstituição Nacional party.
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10 June 1920
A plaque to Corporal João de Andrade was unveiled at the Colégio barracks.
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23 June 1920
The Banco da Madeira opened in Funchal.
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8 July 1920
The Madeiran Evolutionists resolved to stay united as a group.
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September 1920
A man aged 106 died in Madeira.
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27 September 1920
Leacock & C.ª admitted Diogo Martinho de Freitas as partner.
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October 1920
A meeting was held in Funchal to plan a monument to the Conde de Canavial.
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1 October 1920–15 October 1920
A Esperança published an artistic description of the Capela do Santo Espírito.
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14 October 1920–30 May 1921
António da Cruz Rodrigues dos Santos served as civil governor of the Funchal district.
Rodrigues dos Santos (Dr António da Cruz) António da Cruz Rodrigues dos Santos Funchal
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18 October 1920
Brito Pais and Sarmento Beires took off from Amadora to fly to Madeira but ditched in the sea.
Aviation António Jacinto de Brito PaisJosé Manuel Sarmento de Beires Amadora
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November 1920
The Ministry of the Interior classified Madeira's municipalities into three orders.
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1 November 1920
Father César Martinho Fernandes died at Jardim do Mar.
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15 November 1920
The first issue of the Revista de Direito appeared.
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December 1920
A woman aged 103 died in Madeira.
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6 December 1920
Luís Maria dos Reis died as a retired general.
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23 December 1920
Funchal municipal council voted 200 escudos to install an oceanographic museum and 50 escudos a month for its upkeep.