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Year1934

  1. 1934

    Noronha and Sarmento published the study 'Os Peixes dos Mares da Madeira'.

  2. 1934

    The population census was published, giving Madeira an area of 740.62 km² and a density of 270 inhabitants per km².

  3. 1934–1939

    Period of Madeiran legislation summarised in Fernando Augusto da Silva's book.

  4. 1934

    The Instituto Geográfico e Cadastral revised and updated the 1915 map of Madeira.

  5. 1934

    A newspaper article on the Museum of Natural Sciences in Funchal was published.

  6. 1934

    The remains of Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos were transferred to the Angústias cemetery in Funchal.

  7. 1934

    The pamphlet 'Camões e a Madeira' by one of the Elucidário's authors was published.

  8. 1934

    Fernando Augusto da Silva published the Dicionário Corográfico do Arquipélago da Madeira.

  9. 6 January 1934

    'O Jornal' published details of the feast of the Menino Jesus Perdido.

  10. 30 January 1934

    José Fernandes Velosa, founder of the Casa dos Pobres Desamparados, died.

  11. 14 May 1934

    Decree no. 23.847 regulated Madeira's sugar regime, prohibiting new cane plantations and new sugar factories until 1953 and restricting direct distillation from cane juice.

  12. 27 May 1934

    A 7,000 m³ concrete reservoir on the Levada de Santa Luzia was inaugurated for Funchal's water supply.

  13. 28 May 1934

    The monument to João Gonçalves Zarco by Francisco Franco was solemnly inaugurated on the Avenida Arriaga in Funchal.

  14. July 1934

    Evening reading was introduced at the Funchal Municipal Library.

  15. 29 July 1934

    The Elucidário's authors exposed Padre Manuel Constantino's plagiarism of Giulio Landi in an article in O Jornal.

  16. 11 August 1934

    Boaventura Mendes de Almeida died in Lisbon.

  17. 18 November 1934

    The police services moved into their building in Rua da Carreira, Funchal.

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