Isle de France (French Mauritius)

Isle de France (French Mauritius) was a colony in Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from 1715 to 1810 CE, about 95 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Uninhabited until the Dutch tried and abandoned it, Mauritius was settled by France in 1715 and worked by enslaved Malagasy and Africans. Britain took it in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Facts

Dates

1715 to 1810 CE

Duration

95 years

Type

Colony

Region

Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Port Louis

Became

• British Mauritius 1810 to 1968 CE

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Bunyoro-Kitara c. 1400 to 1899 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE
• Portuguese Angola 1575 to 1975 CE
• Mutapa Empire c. 1430 to 1760 CE
• Luba Empire c. 1585 to 1889 CE
• Kingdom of Imerina c. 1540 to 1817 CE
• Lunda Empire c. 1665 to 1887 CE
• Kingdom of Matamba c. 1530 to 1744 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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