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  1. 1930

    The 1930 census gave the Madeira archipelago about 211,000 inhabitants in fifty parishes, an 18% rise in ten years, with a density of 270.3 inhabitants per km².

  2. 1930

    The 1930 census gave Porto Santo an area of 42.17 km².

  3. 1930

    The 1930 census recorded 10,114 inhabitants in the parish of Machico.

  4. 1930

    Death of João Ernesto Blandy.

  5. 1930

    A Portuguese translation of Padre Manuel Constantino's Insulae Materiae Historia, sponsored by Henrique Hinton, was published in Funchal.

  6. 1930

    Manuel da Costa Dias died in Lisbon as a major of Military Administration.

  7. 1930

    João Cabral do Nascimento published «Genealogia da Familia Medina da Ilha da Madeira».

  8. 1930–1932

    Wind direction and intensity were observed systematically at Ponta de São Lourenço from 1930 to 1932.

  9. 17 January 1930

    The Misericórdia of Funchal was authorised to borrow 500 contos from the Caixa Geral dos Depósitos for the Marmeleiros hospital.

  10. March 1930–April 1930

    The Diário de Notícias of Funchal published Alberto Artur Sarmento's series 'Ingleses na Madeira'.

  11. 4 March 1930

    A landslide near the mouth of the Ribeira do Vigário, Câmara de Lobos, forced the sea into the ravine and the backwash killed about twenty people.

  12. April 1930–March 1931

    239 concrete blocks were made to reinforce the Pontinha breakwater at Funchal harbour.

  13. 22 June 1930

    The first Funchal–Porto inter-city football match was played in Porto, Funchal losing 1–3.

  14. September 1930

    A small monument with an image of Nossa Senhora das Graças was inaugurated above Praia da Lapa on Deserta Grande.

  15. 12 October 1930

    The Visconde de Cacongo's chapel at Quinta da Choupana was blessed.

  16. 12 October 1930

    The Diário da Madeira published a biographical article on Manuel da Costa Dias.

  17. 30 October 1930

    The tender for the extension of Funchal's city quay closed and was awarded to a Dutch harbour-works firm.

  18. November 1930

    The first patients were transferred to the new hospital at Marmeleiros.

  19. November 1930

    José Maria de Gouveia died in Lisbon.

  20. 9 November 1930

    Pedro José Lomelino died while travelling from Lisbon to Madeira.

  21. December 1930

    Dr José de Barros e Sousa died in Porto.

  22. 14 December 1930

    Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos died in Lisbon.

  23. 28 December 1930

    Francisco Mendes Gonçalves died in Buenos Aires.

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