Year1922
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1922
Major repairs were made to the parish church of Ribeira da Janela.
Ribeira da Janela (parish) Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation
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1922
A Madeiran scientific expedition visited the Selvagens islands.
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1922
The Liga Madeirense de Sports Náuticos was founded and held the first water-polo championship.
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1922–1923
Madeira began competing in the Championship of Portugal in the 1922–23 season.
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1922
Artur Lamas published the pamphlet A Rua da Junqueira, discussing the abduction.
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1922
The Agricultural Station of the Ninth Region was definitively installed in Madeira.
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1922
The first edition of the Elucidário remarked that roads remained as in the donataries' time.
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1922–1928
Improvements costing over 300 contos were made to the Santo António parish church by public subscription.
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1922
A Ponta Delgada commission marked Gaspar Frutuoso's centenary by publishing books of the Saudades da Terra.
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1922
The council acquired an X-ray apparatus for the municipal medical post.
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1922
Cut-off date of the information in the entry on Cabrestante.
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1922
The First Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture was held in Funchal, with Alfredo Miguéis among the exhibitors.
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1922
The Santo Amaro chapel in Santa Cruz was rebuilt.
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1922
The cathedral tower clock was replaced by one donated by a foreigner.
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1922
The Higher Primary School was operating in the former normal school building.
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1922
The São Martinho church clock was inaugurated.
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1922
Funchal municipal revenue reached 557.471$00 and expenditure 462.007$00.
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1922
Jordão Maurício Henriques published the book Da Pátria e da Escola.
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1922
Congress authorised the government to contract Marconi for a radiotelegraph network including Madeira.
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1922
João Cabral do Nascimento completed his law degree at the University of Coimbra.
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1922
The Prazeres parish church was enlarged and given a tower and two sacristies.
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1922
The Ponta do Pargo lighthouse began lighting Madeira's west coast.
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January 1922
Henrique Vieira de Castro became president of the Misericórdia commission and opened a public subscription.
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January 1922
Integralismo Lusitano elected a regional committee in Madeira.
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January 1922
Pedro Góis Pita was re-elected deputy for Madeira.
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January 1922
Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos was elected deputy for a mainland constituency.
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January 1922
Ex-Empress Zita left Madeira to fetch her children from Switzerland.
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5 January 1922
Ernest Shackleton died aboard his ship off South Georgia.
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29 January 1922
Madeira's deputies and senators were elected; Juvenal Henriques de Araújo was first elected deputy, for the Madeiran Catholic party.
Araújo (Dr Juvenal Henriques de)Political PartiesRepresentation in the Cortes Juvenal Henriques de Araújo Madeira
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29 January 1922
Vasco Crispiniano da Silva was elected senator for the Madeira archipelago.
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29 January 1922
Dr Vasco Gonçalves Marques was elected senator for Madeira for a fourth time.
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February 1922
The British flour mill obtained a temporary rise in the bread price to 1 escudo.
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February 1922
The Comércio da Madeira published the 80-page booklet Bosquejos by Mademoiselle Loup.
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2 February 1922
Zita returned to Funchal with four of the imperial children.
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13 February 1922
Álvaro Nobre da Veiga was appointed civil governor of Funchal by decree.
Nobre da Veiga (Colonel Álvaro) Álvaro Nobre da Veiga Funchal
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17 February 1922
The Viscount of Monte Belo died in Funchal.
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18 February 1922
The Austrian imperial family moved into Luís da Rocha Machado's Quinta do Monte.
Quinta do MonteZita (former Empress) Luís da Rocha MachadoEmperor Charles IEmpress Zita Monte
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20 February 1922
Acácio Correia Pinto left Madeira for Lisbon, ending his governorship.
Pinto (Acácio Augusto Correia) Acácio Augusto Correia Pinto Lisbon
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23 February 1922
The bishop blessed the new clock in the presence of Emperor Charles of Austria.
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2 March 1922
The bronze bust of the Count of Canavial was unveiled near Funchal cathedral.
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6 March 1922–17 March 1922
Guido Paoli stayed in Funchal to study and collect a parasite of the citrus scale insect for introduction into Italy.
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9 March 1922–24 August 1922
Decrees of 9 March and 24 August regulated the use of the old episcopal palace.
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30 March 1922
Nobre da Veiga took office as civil governor of Funchal.
Nobre da Veiga (Colonel Álvaro) Álvaro Nobre da Veiga Funchal
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April 1922–May 1922
The Republican Guard was withdrawn from Madeira to Lisbon aboard the steamer São Miguel.
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1 April 1922
Ex-Emperor Charles of Austria died at the Quinta do Monte, Madeira.
IgrejaNossa Senhora do Monte (parish)Quinta do MonteZita (former Empress) Emperor Charles IEmpress Zita Quinta do MonteMonte
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3 April 1922
Decree no. 8089 defined the duties of the 9th Region Agricultural Station, transferring to it the extinct Junta Agrícola's property, experimental stations, forest policing and the sugar regime.
Forest PoliceSugar protectionismAgricultural Region (Ninth)Agricultural ServicesForestry ServicesMadeira Agricultural Union
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5 April 1922
Emperor Charles's body was laid to rest in Monte parish church.
Quinta do MonteZita (former Empress) Emperor Charles I Church of Our Lady of the Mount
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7 April 1922–22 May 1922
The Duchess of Parma stayed in Madeira visiting her daughter, Empress Zita.
Parma (Duchess of) Maria Antónia, Duquesa de ParmaEmpress Zita Madeira
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9 April 1922–13 April 1922
Marítimo twice beat Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Funchal.
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12 April 1922
Princes Xisto, Xavier and Renato left Madeira for Lisbon.
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17 April 1922
Maximilian of Habsburg arrived in Madeira aboard the Kenilworth Castle.
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26 April 1922
Maximilian of Habsburg left Madeira for Lisbon aboard the Arcoma.
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27 April 1922
Solemn exequies for the former Emperor Charles of Austria were held in Funchal Cathedral.
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30 April 1922
Decree no. 8089 reorganised Madeira's agricultural services into three groups.
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May 1922
The Orfeão Madeirense and many Madeirans visited the Canary Islands, performing and being warmly received in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Madeiran Choral SocietyTenerife visitors Canary IslandsSanta Cruz de Tenerife
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May 1922
An attempt to revive sugar protectionism in Madeira failed.
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May 1922
Republican Guard forces quartered at the Quinta Vigia remained in Madeira until this month.
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7 May 1922
The Sindicato Agrícola da Madeira was reported as newly installed in Funchal.
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8 May 1922
The first issue of the newspaper A Terra appeared.
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18 May 1922–28 May 1922
Eduardo da Rocha Sarsfield was appointed civil governor of the district of Funchal by decree on 18 May and took office on 28 May.
Sarsfield (Eduardo da Rocha) Eduardo da Rocha Sarsfield Funchal
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19 May 1922
Empress Zita left Madeira with her children for Cádiz aboard the Infanta Isabel de Bourbon.
Quinta do MonteZita (former Empress) Empress Zita FunchalCádiz
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June 1922–15 July 1922
Dr António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira stayed in Funchal on his way to Africa and took his own life in Lourenço Marques shortly after arriving.
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June 1922
The Brothers of Saint John of God occupied the Quinta do Trapiche for a mental asylum.
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June 1922
The newspaper O Operário suspended publication.
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1 June 1922–2 June 1922
The wireless telegraphy post at the Funchal telegraph station was tested, reaching ships 400 miles away and Las Palmas, and inaugurated on 2 June.
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5 June 1922
The Ponta do Pargo lighthouse was inaugurated and began operating.
Ponta do Pargo lighthousePonta do Pargo (parish) Ponta do Pargo lighthouse
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14 June 1922
Padre José Pereira da Silva died in Paris.
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17 June 1922–20 June 1922
Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral completed their Lisbon–Rio de Janeiro flight, and Funchal celebrated their arrival from 17 to 20 June.
AviationSabão (street) Gago CoutinhoSacadura Cabral Rio de JaneiroFunchal
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30 June 1922–27 July 1922
The new clock was completed with the fitting of its two hands and was later reported handed over to the municipality.
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6 July 1922
Funchal council renamed streets in honour of the aviators, naming one 'rua 17 de Junho de 1922' and the Pontinha road rua Sacadura Cabral.
Pontinha (locality, road, islets and mole)Sabão (street)São Francisco (street) Sacadura CabralGago Coutinho Funchal
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8 July 1922
The first issue of O Proletário was published.
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8 July 1922
The orphanage founded by Padre José Lino da Costa at Lombo da Pereira was inaugurated.
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31 July 1922
Law no. 1294 was passed but did not free Madeira from the millers' dominance.
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August 1922
The Juventude Monárquica Conservadora held elections in Funchal.
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26 August 1922
A law fixed the number of municipal councillors by class of municipality.
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September 1922
Correio da Madeira published the Faial baptismal record of João Fernandes Vieira.
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21 September 1922
Funchal council renamed the Rua do Carmo after Dr António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira.
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22 September 1922
Correio da Madeira published an article on the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França at Faial.
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7 October 1922
The first issue of the weekly Tribuna do Povo appeared.
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8 October 1922
Correio da Madeira published the 1803 vow in full.
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9 October 1922
President António José de Almeida visited Funchal for one day on his voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon.
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14 October 1922
Marítimo beat the Portuguese champions FC Porto 3–1 in Porto.
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21 October 1922–23 October 1922
Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were received in Funchal and made honorary citizens.
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3 December 1922
Padre Ernesto João Schmitz died in Haifa.
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22 December 1922
The Senate approved the bill for free import of flour into Madeira.
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28 December 1922
A delegation of Tenerife excursionists arrived in Funchal aboard the Viera y Clavijo for the fifth-centenary festivities of the discovery.
Quincentenary of the discovery of MadeiraTenerife visitors Funchal
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29 December 1922–4 January 1923
The fifth-centenary celebrations of the discovery of Madeira took place in Funchal, with the city illuminated until 3 January.
Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira Avenida ArriagaLargo da Sé
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29 December 1922
The bishop blessed the first stone of the Zarco monument in Funchal.
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30 December 1922
The centenary fair, agricultural exhibition and bibliographical exhibition were opened.
Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira Praça do Marquês de Pombal
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31 December 1922
The term ended of the Funchal council that commissioned the new city standard.