Year1923
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1923
France banned imports of Portuguese fortified wines, affecting the Madeira wine trade.
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1923
Laura Veridiana de Castro e Almeida Soares published 'Em casa da avó – Na Ilha da Madeira' in Lisbon.
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1923
Feliciano Soares published 'O que eu vi e pensei' in Funchal.
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1923
Humberto de Passos Freitas published 'Vinte e um dias em bote', describing a sea trip round Madeira.
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1923
At the end of 1923 Luís Vieira de Castro began publishing the daily Jornal da Madeira in Funchal.
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1923
The school district seated at Ribeira Brava was abolished.
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1923
The Brothers of São João de Deus founded the Casa de Saúde do Trapiche psychiatric hospital, which received its first patients at the end of 1923.
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1923
The Corpo Nacional de Escutas was founded in Braga.
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1923
Retail prices of staple goods in Madeira were recorded for 1923.
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1923
The first Madeiran pilgrimage to European shrines took place.
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1923
The Junta Geral renewed its interest in electric tramways, with an English company apparently willing to undertake the work.
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January 1923
The Funchal harbour works contract was awarded to the Fumasil Company Limited.
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1 January 1923
Fireworks near Reid's Palace Hotel marked the New Year during the quincentenary celebrations of Madeira's discovery.
Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira Reid's Palace Hotel
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4 January 1923
A grand historical procession with allegorical floats was held for the quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira.
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4 January 1923
The Tenerife excursionists visiting for the quincentenary returned home.
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13 January 1923
Law no. 1392 ended the cereal monopoly in Madeira.
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21 January 1923
Dr Fortunato Pita published an article on heliotherapy for trachomatous conjunctivitis in Medicina Contemporânea.
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February 1923–July 1925
Padre José Maria Antunes served as first chaplain of the Trapiche asylum.
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4 February 1923–4 May 1923
Santa Cruz de Tenerife council approved naming the Praça do Teatro after Madeira, and the naming plaque was unveiled on 4 May.
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29 April 1923
The Madeiran Reconstituintes joined the Nationalist Republican party.
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17 May 1923
Joaquim Maria Fragoso died.
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18 May 1923
The São José fort on Porto Santo was sold at auction for 52:250$00 to the Porto Santo water company.
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June 1923
José Simão da Costa died in Brazil.
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21 June 1923
The Correio da Madeira published a letter on the division of Pico Ruivo between Faial, Santana and São Jorge.
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26 June 1923
The remains of D. Manuel Agostinho Barreto were moved to the churchyard of the Penha chapel.
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7 July 1923
The Diário da Madeira published Gomes Leal's 1868 letter.
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October 1923–November 1924
Restoration of the Santa Clara organ in Funchal ran from October 1923 to November 1924, reported in the Diário de Notícias on 22 November 1924.
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1 November 1923
The foundation stone of the monument to Our Lady of Peace (Nossa Senhora do Monte) was laid at the Terreiro da Luta, Monte.
Monument to Our Lady of PeaceTerreiro da Luta José Marques Jardim Terreiro da LutaMonte
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17 November 1923
Daniel Telo Simões Soares took office as civil governor of Funchal for the third time.
Simões Soares (Daniel Telo) Daniel Telo Simões Soares Funchal
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December 1923
By late 1923 some 100 embroidery export houses in Funchal were exporting about 70,000 contos' worth, mainly to North America, employing around 70,000 people.
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14 December 1923
The weekly Sport do Funchal published its first issue.
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21 December 1923
The Radical party's Madeira district committee held a meeting.
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21 December 1923
Manuel de Sousa Brasão died at the São Lourenço fortress.
Sousa Brasão (Manuel de) Manuel de Sousa Brasão Fortress of São Lourenço