1502.
The first historical evidence of the existence of an island now known
as Mauritius is on a map produced by the Italian cartographer Alberto
Cantino in 1502.
1507-1513.
It is sure that Mauritius was visited by
the Portuguese between
1507 and 1513. The Portuguese took no interest in this isolated
island, however.
1511.
The Portuguese sailor Domingo Fernandez Pereira was probably the
first European to land on the Mauritius Island at around 1511. The
island appears with a Portuguese name `Cirne' on early Portuguese
maps, probably because of the presence of the Dodo, a flightless bird
which was found in great numbers at that time.
1512.
The archipelago, comprised of Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion was
christened the Mascarenes by Portuguese navigator Pedro de
Mascarenhas, following its European discovery in 1512. LA REUNION:
1598-1710.
The Dutch Occupation of Mauritius.
In
1598, a Dutch squadron, under the orders of Admiral Wybrand Van
Warwyck, landed at Grand Port and named the island "Mauritius",
in honour of Prince Maurice Van Nassau, "Stathouder"
of Holland. In 1598, a Dutch expedition consisting
of eight ships set sail from the port of Texel (Netherlands)
under the orders of admiralsJacob
Cornelisz van Neck and Wybrand
van Warwijck towards the Indian subcontinent. The
eight ships ran into foul weather after passing the Cape of Good Hope
and were separated. Three found their way to the northeast
of Madagascar while
the remaining five regrouped and sailed in a southeasterly direction.
On 17 September, the five ships under the orders of Admiral Van
Warwyck came into view of the island. On 20 September, they
entered a sheltered bay which they gave the name of "Port de
Warwick" (present name is "Grand Port"). They landed
and decided to name the island "Prins Maurits van Nassaueiland",
after Prince
Maurits (Latin version:
Mauritius) of the House
of Nassau, the stadtholder of Holland,
but also after the main vessel of the fleet which was called
"Mauritius". From those days, only the name Mauritius has
remained. On 2 October, the ships took to the sea again towards
Bantam.1598; It was already frequented by Dutch ships from 1598
onwards, but only ; Mauritus is an island right next to Reunion,
which is due East of Madagascar.
1598.
Mauritius is the first recorded mention of the Dodo bird was by Dutch
sailors in 1598.
1606.
In 1606, two expeditions came for the first time to what would later
become Port-Louis in
the northwest part of the island. The expedition, consisting of
eleven ships and 1,357 men under the orders of Admiral Corneille
came into the bay, which they named “Rade des Tortues” (literally
meaning Harbor of the Tortoises) because of the great number of
terrestrial tortoises they found there.
From
that date, Dutch sailors shifted their choice to “Rade des Tortues”
as harbor. MAURITIUS
1615.
In 1615, the shipwrecking and death of governor Pieter
Both, who was coming back from India with four richly
laden ships in the bay, caused the route to be considered as cursed
by Dutch sailors and they tried to avoid it as much as possible. In
the meantime, the British and the Danes were beginning to make
incursions into the Indian Ocean. Those who landed on the island
freely cut and took with them the precious heartwood of
the ebony trees,
then found in profusion all over the island.MAURITIUS
1638-1710
Dutch East India Company Occupation. Mauritius was an
official settlement of the Dutch
East India Company on the island of Mauritius between
1638 and 1710, and used a refreshing station for passing ships.
settled in 1638, to prevent the French and the British from settling
on the island
1638.
In 1638, Cornelius
Gooyer established
the first permanent Dutch settlement in Mauritius with a
garrison of twenty-five. He thus became the first governor of the
island. It was from here that the famous Dutch navigator Tasman set
out to discover the western part of Australia. The first Dutch
settlement lasted only twenty years.
1639.
In 1639, thirty more men came to reinforce the Dutch colony,
Mauritius. Gooyer was instructed to develop the commercial potential
of the island, but he did nothing of the sort, so he was recalled.
His successor was Adriaan
van der Stel who
began the development in earnest, developing the export ofebony wood.
For the purpose, Van der Stel brought 105 Malagasy slaves
to
the island. Within the
first week, about sixty slaves were able to run away into the
forests;
only about twenty of them were eventually recaptured. MAURITIUS;
The
1642-2014 French Occupation of La Reunion:
1642
the French settled the island when La Compagnie des Indes Orientales
(the French East India Company) sent its ship, the St-Louis,
and the King of France named it ile Bourbon. At the end of the
seventeenth century, the population could be divided into white
French landowners and African and Malagasy slaves. LA REUNION:
1643.
The French in 1643 at La Reunion (then called Mascarin)
was devoid of inhabitants. The French sent twelve convicts into exile
there.
In
1644, the islanders were faced with many months of hardships, due to
delayed shipment of supplies, bad harvests and cyclones. During those
months, the colonists could only rely on themselves by fishing and
hunting. Nonetheless, Van der Stel secured the shipment of 95 more
slaves from Madagascar, before being transferred to Ceylon.
MAURITIUS;
1645.
His replacement was Jacob
van der Meersch.
In 1645, the latter brought in 108 more Malagasy slaves. Van der
Meersch left Mauritius in September 1648 and was replaced
by Reinier
Por.MAURITIUS;
1649.
In 1649 they officially claimed the island in the name of the king
and named it Bourbon .
LA
REUNION
In
1652, more hardships befell the colonists, masters and slaves alike.
The population was then about a hundred people. The continuing
hardships affected the commercial potential of the island and a
pullout was ordered in 1657. MAURITIUS;
1658.
On 16 July 1658, almost all the inhabitants left the
island, except for a ship’s boy and two slaves who had taken
shelter in the forests.Thus the first attempt at colonization by the
Dutch ended badly.MAURITIUS;
1662.
The last widely accepted sighting of a dodo was in 1662. human
involvement in the disappearance of entire species.
The dodo achieved widespread recognition from its role in the story
of Alice
in Wonderland,
extinction and obsolescence.
It is frequently used as a mascot on
Mauritius."dead
as a dodo,"
which has come to mean unquestionably dead or obsolete. Similarly,
the phrase "to
go the way of the dodo"
means to become extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or
practice, or to become a thing of the past.
In
1664, a second attempt was made, but this one also ended badly as the
men chosen for the job abandoned their sick commander, Van Niewland,
without proper treatment, and the latter eventually died.MAURITIUS;
1665.
Colonization started in 1665, when the French East India Company sent
the first twenty settlers. LA REUNION
1666.one
description of the Indian Ocean outcrop in 1666, a few years after
the French had taken possession and had named it after their own
royal family.LA REUNION
From
1666 to 1669, Dirk Jansz Smient administered the new colony at Grand
Port, with the cutting down and export of Ebony trees as the main
activity. When Dirk Jansz Smient left, he was replaced by George
Frederik Wreeden. The latter died in 1672, drowned with five other
colonists during a reconnaissance expedition. His replacement would
be Hubert Hugo. The later was a man of vision and wanted to make the
island into an agricultural colony. His vision was not shared by his
superiors, and eventually he could not fully develop his
vision.MAURITIUS;
1681,
July 12. Marie Royer (1681-1741), Elisabeth Buisson's mother, was
born in St. Paul, La Reunion. (Blanchet ancestor)
1681.
Marie Royer (1681-1741) was born July 12, 1681 in St. Paul, La
Reunion.
1685,
Indian Ocean pirates began using Ile Bourbon as a trading base. LA
REUNION:
1688.
In 1688 the last three Dodos were
captured. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is
an extinct flightless
bird that was endemic to
the island of Mauritius,
east of Madagascar in
the Indian
Ocean. Its closest genetic
relative was the also extinct Rodrigues
solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of
the family ofpigeons
and doves. The closest living relative of the dodo is
the Nicobar
pigeon. It is presumed that the dodo became flightless
because of the ready availability of abundant food sources and a
relative absence of predators on Mauritius.
1691.
Marie “Thérèse” Duhal (1691-1781)
marries Andre Raux (1671-1749), a Frenchman, just east of Madagascar,
on an island called La Reunion. Marie
“Thérèse” Duhal is born March 14, 1691,
and dies February 6, 1781, both at Saint-Paul, La Reunion, which is a
French colony, just east of Madagascar. Marie “Thérèse” Duhal
is the 5th
great grand mother of Betty Blanchet's husband, George Henry Leo
Blanchet of Warsaw, Kentucky. LA REUNION; 1691... Robert Duhal
(1658-1714) was born on Mauritius (Isle of France), while his
daughter Marie Therese Duhal was born on Saint-Paul, La Reunion.
1691, March 14. Marie Therese Duhal is born at Saint-Paul, La
Reunion. (Blanchet ancestor)
1692.
Issac
Johannes Lamotius became the new governor when Hugo left in
1677. Lamotius governed until 1692, when he was deported to Batavia
for judgment for persecuting a colonist whose wife had refused his
courtship.mauritius
1692;
1677-1692; Issac Johannes Lamotius; became the new governor
when Hugo left in 1677. Lamotius governed until 1692, when he was
deported to Batavia for judgment for persecuting a colonist whose
wife had refused his courtship. MAURITIUS; MAURITIUS; 1692 a new
governor, Roelof Deodati, was appointed. Even if he tried to develop
the island, Deodati faced many problems, like cyclones, pest
infestations, cattle illnesses and droughts. The latter fared no
better and eventually became the last Dutch governor of the island
for that period. A new governor, Roelof
Diodati, was then appointed in 1692. Diodati faced many
problems in his attempts to develop the island, such as cyclones,
pest infestations, cattle illnesses, and droughts. Discouraged,
Deodati eventually gave up and his replacement would be Abraham
Momber Van de Velde. MAURITIUS;
1695.
Isaac Johannes Lamotius (bapt. 29 May 1646, Beverwijk -
1718)[1] or
(1653–1710)was governor
of
Mauritius from 1677 to 1692. Lamotius was interested in arts
and knowledge and became an ichtyologist;
he made 250 drawings of fishes which are kept in Paris. Some say his
fifteen years of command saw the island descend into despotism and
immorality was rife. When people complained in 1692, Lamotius and his
second man were shipped to Batavia and tried in 1695, sentenced for
private trade. He was banished for six years to the island of
Rosengain, being chained on the most eastern of the Banda
Islands. MAURITIUS;
1701,
November 30. St. Denis, La Reunion. 23 year old Pierre Boisson
(1678-1736) marries Marie Royer (1681-1741). (Blanchet ancestor);
1701, November 30. 23 year old Pierre Boisson (1678-1736) marries
Marie Royer (1681-1741) at St. Denis, La Reunion, a French colony in
Indian Ocean, off coast of Madagascar, Afrika on November 30, 1701.
1707,
June 14. Marie “Thérèse” Duhal (1691-1781)
marries Andre Raux (1671-1749), a Frenchman, just east of Madagascar,
on an island called La Reunion.(Blanchet ancestor)
1708-1726.
Marie “Thérèse” Duhal and Andre Raux I birth Pierre Raux
(1713-1794). Actually Andre Raux I and Marie “Therese” Duhal pump
out 8 more Raux children. All of these children were born on La
Reunion, Madagascar: 1- Nicholas Raux (1708- ); 2- Andre Raux II
(1710-1729), who dies when he's 19 years old; 3- Pierre Raux
(1713-1794); 4- Marie Raux (1715-1784); 5- Therese Raux (1720-1755);
6- Jean Raux (1722-1781); 7- Genevieve Raux (1724-1810); and 8-
Jeanne Raux (1726-1785). We know where Pierre Raux went to, but we
don't know where the other 7 Raux children went. This is one of the
great Raux family mysteries.
1710.
Last year of Dutch control. Several attempts were subsequently made,
but the settlements never developed enough to produce dividends and
the Dutch finally left Mauritius in 1710. They are remembered for the
introduction of sugar-cane, domestic animals and deer. 1710. Thus the
Dutch definitely abandoned the island in 1710.MAURITIUS; 1710.
Discouraged, Diodati eventually gave up and his replacement would
be Abraham
Momber van de Velde. The latter fared no better, but
remained the last Dutch governor of the island until it was abandoned
in 1710. Slaves were not particularly well-treated by the colonists,
and revolts or the act of organizing one were severely repressed and
punished. Some punishments consisted of amputation of various parts
of the body and exposure in the open air for a day as example to
others, eventually culminating in condemned slaves’ execution at
sunset.slaves were severely punished in case of lazy working cases
vMAURITIUS;
1713,
July 29. Pierre Raux (1713-1794) is born in Saint-Paul, La Reunion.
(Blanchet ancestor)
1714,
May 20. Robert Duhal (1658-1714), a Frenchman, dies in Isle of
France, Indian Ocean; b. April 4, 1658, Cotes Du Nord, Cotes d'Armor,
Bretagne, France. (Blanchet ancestor).
The
1715-1810 French Occupation of Mauritius (Isle of France).
1715.
French Take Over. Abandoned by the Dutch, the island became a French
colony when, in September 1715, Guillaume Dufresne D'Arsel landed and
took possession of this precious port of call on the route to India.
He named the island "Isle de France", but it was only in
1721 that the French started their occupation.MAURITIUS;
1715-1767
French East India Trading Company Occupation of La Reunion.
1715.
After 1715, settlers produced coffee and spices, which ultimately
were replaced by sugarcane. LA REUNION/LA REUNION As of 1715, the
East India Trading Company took over the responsibility of running
the island and, up until 1767LA REUNION, organized coffee bean
cultivation, a produce which required a very large workforce. A
social system of slavery
was put in place and the coffee plantations covered most of the
island’s hillsides, right up to the beginning of the 19th century.
Clover and nutmeg trees were also introduced successfully. Until
1715, the French East India Company was content to provide only for
its own needs and those of passing ships, but then coffee was
introduced, and between 1715 and 1730 it became the island's main
cash crop and as a result the economy changed dramatically. The
French enslaved Africans to do the intensive labor required for
coffee cultivation. During this period, grains, spices and cotton
were also brought in as cash crops.
1715 – 1735, La Reunion Dominated Mauritius; Isle de France was administered from Île Bourbon, now known as La Reunion;
1715,
September. Abandoned by the Dutch, the island became a French colony
when, in September 1715,Guillaume
Dufresne d'Arsel landed
and took possession of this port of call on the route to India. He
named the island "Isle de France", but 1715, September.
After the Dutch abandoned
Mauritius, the island became a French
colony in
September 1715 when Guillaume
Dufresne d'Arsellanded
and took possession of it, naming the island Isle
de France.
The French government turned over the administration of Mauritius to
the French
East India Company,
but the island remained bereft of Europeans until 1721. MAURITIUS;
1721-1767
The French East India Company Occupation of Mauritius (Isle of
France). According to Lougnon, 156 ships called at Mauritius between
1721 and 1735, prior to the arrival of Bertrand-François
Mahé de La Bourdonnais,
most of them being Company ships. Slave traders brought a total of
650 slaves to Mauritius from Madagascar,Mozambique, India and West
Africa.From
then on, the island’s "Port de Warwick" was used by the
Dutch as a stopover after long months at sea. The Dutch provided the
name for the country and for many regions over the whole island. Some
examples include the "Pieter Both" mountain, the
"Vandermeersh" region nearRose-Hill as
well as many other names. They also introduced sugar
cane plants
from Java. Less admirable was the decimation by the Dutch of the
local dodo and
giant tortoise population for food, also aided by the introduction of
competing species and pests. Large swaths of forests were cut
for ebony bark
exploitation.The foundations of Fort Frederik Hendrik remain
preserved on the island.
1722.
Elisabeth Buisson (1722-1801) is born from parents Pierre Boisson
(1678-1736) and Marie Royer (1681-1741) in 1722 at St. Denis, La
Reunion. (Blanchet ancestor)
1726.
By 1726, the company had made land grants to colonists, soldiers and
workers. The grants' covenants specified that recipients of the
grants who could not cultivate their land for a period of 3 years
would lose them. Each colonist was given 20 slaves and in return had
to pay yearly one tenth of their production to the French East India
Company. The attempt to develop agriculture resulted in an increasing
demand for labour.MAURITIUS;
1735,
with the arrival of the French governor, Mahé
de La Bourdonnais, that "Isle de France"
started developing effectively. Mahé de La Bourdonnais
established Port
Louis as a naval base and a shipbuilding centre.
Under his governorship, numerous buildings were built, a number of
which still stand today: part of Government House, the Chateau
de Mon Plaisir at Pamplemoussesand
the Line Barracks. The island was under the administration of
the French
East India Company which maintained its presence
until 1767.
1735.
The arrival of the most illustrious of French governor, Mahé de La
Bourdonnais; the "Isle de France" started developing
effectively. Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as a
naval base and a ship-building centre. Under his governorship,
numerous buildings were built, a number of which are still standing
today - part of Government House, the Chateau de Mon Plaisir at
Pamplemousses, the Line Barracks. The island was under the
administration of the French East India Company which maintained its
presence until 1767.
1736,
September 24. Pierre Boisson then dies at St. Paul, Reunion.
(Blanchet ancestor); 1736, September 24. Pierre Boisson then dies at
St. Paul, Reunion on September 24, 1736. Pierre Boisson and Marie
Royer give birth to Elizabeth Buisson (1722-1801) in 1722, 21 years
after they were married, at St. Denis, La Reunion...
1740.
Pierre Raux and Marie Maunier (1720-1749) birth Andres Antoine Raux
III (1740-1824).(Blanchet ancestor)1740.Pierre Raux and Marie Maunier
(1720-1749) birth Andres Antoine Raux III (1740-1824). Andres Antoine
Raux III is significant because he's reported to have died in La
Savanne, Mauritius, which is an island right next door to La Reunion.
La Reunion and Mauritius islands are closer to each other than any
other land mass on the planet, including Madagascar, and Africa.
1740,
March 3. Andres Antoine Raux III (1740-1824) is born at Saint-Paul,
La Reunion. (Blanchet ancestor)
1741,
December 8. Marie Royer (1681-1741) dies in St. Denis, La Reunion.
(Blanchet ancestor); 1741. Marie Royer (1681-1741) dies on December
8, 1741 in St. Denis, La Reunion.
1742.
Elisabeth Buisson marries Jacques CDL Rousseliere in St. Denis, La
Reunion in 1742 when she's 20 years old,(Blanchet ancestor); 1742.
Jacques Ciette de la Rousseliere (1713- ) marries Elisabeth Buisson
in 1742 (she's 20; he's 29) at St. Denis, La Reunion. (Blanchet
ancestor)
1762.
Madeleine Ciette de la Rousseliere (1762-1818) was born on the Isle
de France, which is also called the same thing as Mauritius.
Madeleine Ciette de la Rousseliere (1762-1818) was created by a man
named Jacques Ciette de la Rousseliere (1713-1772) and a woman named
Elisabeth Buisson (1722-1801). (Blanchet
ancestor).
1764.
LA REUNION: As a result of poor management and the rivalry between
France and Britain during the 18th century, as well as the collapse
of the French East India Company, the government of the island passed
directly to the French crown in 1764. After the French Revolution, it
came under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Assembly. In the late
18th century, there were a number of slave revolts and those who
managed to escape made their way to the interior. They organized
themselves into villages run by democratically elected chiefs, and
fought to preserve their independence from colonial authorities.
1767.
French East India Company leaves Mauritius. 1715-1810 French
Occupation Continues; From 1767 to 1810, the island was in charge of
officials appointed by the French Government.
1777-1793.
Andres Antoine Raux III, who dies in La Savanne, Mauritius, marries
Madeleine Ciette de la Rousseliere (1762-1818), and births 5 children
with her: 1- Felicitie Marie Elisabeth Raux (1777-1859); 2- Louise
Francoise Josephine Raux (1779-1813); 3- Adele Victorie Benoite Raux
(1787-1871); 4- Victor Jean Andre Raux (1789-1877), and; 5- Henriette
Dephine Raux (1793-1877). (Blanchet ancestor)
1781,
February 6. Marie Therese Duhal dies at Saint-Paul, La Reunion.
(Blanchet ancestor)
In
1792, France renamed the island La
Reunion.The
labor force needed on the sugarcane plantations was supplied by
slaves from Mozambique and Madagascar. At the end of the seventeenth
century, the population could be divided into white French landowners
and African and Malagasy slaves. A great number of white settlers
arrived too late to gain access to the land and, excluded from the
plantation system, retired in the highlands, where they constituted a
poor white population ( Petits
blancs).
1793.
During the French Revolution, the French Aristocratic Plantation
Royalists set up a government virtually independent of
France.MAURITIUS;
1793,
September 5. Henriette Dephine Raux was born on Mauritius (Isle of
France). (Blanchet ancestor); 1793. Henriette Dephine Raux
(1793-1877) was born on the Isle of France (Mauritius) on September
5, 1793. 1793. Mauritius. Henriette Dephine Raux (1793-1877) was born
on the Isle of France (Mauritius) on September 5, 1793. (Blanchet
ancestor)
1794.
La Reunion is Named. The name of Reunion was adopted for the first
time, in reference to a coming-together of the States General
forces following the revolution.
1801,
September 11. Elisabeth Buisson dies in Port Louis, Indian Ocean,
Mauritius (Isle of France).(Blanchet ancestor)
1803.
Bonaparte Island takes La Reunion's place as name.
1806.
In 1806 the Governor General, Charles
Mathieu Isidore Decaen,
created the city of Mahébourg,
named in honour of Mahé de La Bourdonnais. It was originally known
as Bourg Mahé. From that year until 1810, the island was in charge
of officials appointed by the French Government, MAURITIUS;
1810
The coffee plantations were destroyed by cyclones very early in the
19th century, and in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars, Bonaparte lost
the island to the British. LA REUNION:
1810.
The British Occupation. During the Napoleonic
wars,
the "Isle de France" MAURITIUS had become a base from which
French corsairs
organized
successful raids on British commercial ships. The raids continued
until 1810 when a strong British expedition was sent to capture the
island. 1810. British take Mauritius from French. During the
Napoleonic wars, the "Isle de France" had become a base
from which French corsairs organised successful raids on British
commercial ships. The raids continued until 1810 when a strong
British expedition was sent to capture the island. A preliminary
attack was foiled at Grand Port in August 1810, but the main attack
launched in December of the same year from Rodrigues, which had been
captured a year earlier, was successful. The British landed in large
numbers in the north of the island and rapidly overpowered the
French, who capitulated.
1810,
August. A preliminary attack was foiled at
Grand Port in
August 1810, but the main attack launched in December of the same
year from Rodrigues,
which had been captured during the same year, was successful.
Rodrigues was before visited for only fresh water and food by the
British In 1809. The British landed in large numbers in the north of
the island and rapidly overpowered the French, who capitulated. By
the Treaty of Paris in 1814, the "Isle de France" which was
renamed Mauritius was
ceded to Great Britain, together with Rodrigues and the Seychelles.
In the act of capitulation, the British guaranteed that they would
respect the languages, the customs, the laws and the traditions of
the inhabitants.
1811,
November 12. Henriette Dephine Raux (1793-1877) was married on
November 12, 1811 in New York to the man, myth, and legend, Hyacinthe
Nicholas Durest Blanchet I.(Blanchet ancestor)
1813.
Louise Francoise (1779-1813) dies at 34 years of age. Madeleine
Ciette de la Rousseliere was born (1762). MAURITIUS; (Blanchet
ancestor)
1814.
By the Treaty of Paris in 1814, the "Isle de France" which
regained its former name `Mauritius'
was ceded definitely to Great Britain, together with its dependencies
which included Rodrigues and the Seychelles.1814. Bonaparte
Island
loses out to Bourbon Island, as La Reunion's name changes once again
in 1814 after five years of British rule.
1815.
Single-crop farmingLA REUNIONA real industrial revolution kicked off
in 1815 with the beginnings of Sugar Cane cultivation, and this soon
ousted Coffee production around the coastal areas. The sugar industry
managed to pass the tests of time and remains today the agricultural
pillar of island economy. In St Leu, the Stella
Matutina Museumtraces
Reunion’s agro-industrial history in all its glory.
1819.
The vanilla industry, introduced in 1819, also grew rapidly. LA
REUNION;
1819.
A great number of white settlers arrived on Rodrigues, Mauritius and
the Seychelles. Under British rule, sugar cane was introduced to La
Réunion and quickly supplanted food production as the primary crop.
During this period, the Desbassyns brothers rose to success as the
island's foremost sugar barons. 1819. The vanilla industry,
introduced in 1819, also grew rapidly.
1819.
Victor Jean (1789-1819) was only 30 years old upon his death, and
Madeleine Ciette de la Rousseliere was born (1762). MAURITIUS;
(Blanchet ancestor)
1824.
Andres Antoine Raux III (1740-1824), Henriette Dephine Raux's father,
dies in La Savanne, Mauritius in 1824. (Blanchet ancestor)
1824.Pierre
Raux and Marie Maunier (1720-1749) birth Andres Antoine Raux III
(1740-1824). Andres Antoine Raux III is significant because he's
reported to have died in La Savanne, Mauritius, which is an island
right next door to La Reunion. La Reunion and Mauritius islands are
closer to each other than any other land mass on the planet,
including Madagascar, and Africa.
1841.
In 1841, a young slave by the name of Edmond Albius, invented a
process of artificial insemination of the vanilla plant. Bourbon
vanilla soon became the very best in the world. This production still
exists today, and you can visit either private plantations or
public cooperatives in
the east or alternatively taste it first-hand in the restaurants
which make vanilla their speciality. LA REUNION.
1848.
Finally in 1848, the name changed back to Reunion Island for the last
time.In 1848, slavery was abolished. Former slaves and slave owners
found it difficult to work in harmony, and labour was sought after
overseas. Many of the workers "drafted" in large numbers
from India would end up staying in Reunion. 1848. A great number of
white settlers arrived too late to gain access to the land and,
excluded from the plantation system, retreated to the highlands,
where they constituted a poor white population ("Petits blancs"
or "Yabs" ). The abolition of slavery in 1848 led white
landowners to recruit indentured laborers for their plantations,
particularly Tamils. Their conditions were often no better than the
slaves that proceeded them. Most Tamils stayed at the end of their
five-year contracts and continued to work for the white landowners.
At the turn of the century, some Chinese and Muslim Gujaratis arrived
on Reunion to sell food and textiles.The abolition of slavery in 1848
led white landowners to recruit indentured laborers for their
plantations, particularly Tamils. Most Tamils stayed at the end of
their five-year contracts and continued to work for the white
landowners. At the turn of the century, some Chinese and Muslim
Gujaratis arrived...Guiana,
unaffected by unrest, did not free her slaves until August 10. On
Réunion emancipation occurred only on December 20. Still, by the end
of 1848, the year of revolution had brought liberty to all French
colonial slaves.
1870.
Golden Age of LA REUNION Dies: The golden age of trade and
development in Réunion lasted until 1870, when competition from Cuba
and the European sugar beet industry, combined with the opening of
the Suez Canal, resulted in an economic slump. Shipping decreased,
the sugar industry declined and land and capital were further
concentrated in the hands of a small French elite.
1895.
France colonizes Madagascar in 1895. Reunion was left by the wayside,
living in the shadow of its imposing neighbor.
1946.
In 1946, when the island became an Overseas Department of France,
Reunion began to benefit from considerable public investment. This
continued progressively and explains the island’s modern and
developed infrastructure today. Reunion is also a region of the
European Union in itself, even though Brussels is 10,000 km away...
The main economic activities today include farming, fishing,
conversion industries, commerce, information technology and
communications, audio-visual and tourism.
1968.
Mauritius, aka, Isle of France, has been was successively colonized
by the Dutch, French, and the British, before becoming Independent in
1968.
2010, November 18.
Frederik Hendrik Museum was opened by Ad Koekkoek, ambassador of the
Netherlands in Tanzania, and Mookhesswur Choonee, Minister of Culture
of Mauritius; In other notes, if you're walking down the wrong road,
it's never too late to turn back. Anyways... proceeding...
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