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Name: réunion

Type: Cluster

Start: 1639 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Santa Apolónia (France)
  • Île Bourbon (France)
  • Réunion (Colony)
  • Île Bonaparte
  • Réunion (Vichy France)
  • Réunion (Overseas Territory)

    • Establishment

  • January 1639: In 1638, the French made their first claims on the island of Réunion, then known as Santa Apolónia. This marked the beginning of French colonization efforts in the region, eventually leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement on the island.

    • Chronology

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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Theatre of war in the overseas colonies

    The theatre of war in the overseas colonies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

  • January 1794: The name of Île Bourbon was changed into Île de la Réunion in 1793 by a decree of the Convention Nationale (the elected revolutionary constituent assembly) with the fall of the House of Bourbon in France.
  • January 1816: Ile Bourbon was restored to France by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

    • 1.2.Mauritius campaign of 1809-1811

    Was a series of British amphibious operations and naval actions fought to take possession of the French Indian Ocean territories of Isle de France and Île Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars.

    1.2.1.Invasion of Île Bonaparte

    British invasion of Île Bonaparte (today called Réunion).

  • July 1810: The island of Ile Bonaparte was invaded by a Royal Navy squadron led by Commodore Josias Rowley in 1810, who used the old name of "Bourbon".

    • 2. World War II

    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    2.1.World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)

    Refers to the events that happened in French Colonies that decided to be loyal to the German puppet state of Vichy France.

  • July 1940: With the creation of Vichy France, initially all French colonies were aligned with Vichy.

    • 2.2.Free France

    Refers to events that happened in French colonies that either remained loyal or soon became loyal to Free France very soon during World War II.

  • November 1942: The island of Reunion is loyal to Free France.

    • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1650: Étienne de Flacourt was a French colonial administrator and explorer. In 1649, he arrived in Réunion with a French naval squadron and claimed the territory for Île Bourbon (now known as Réunion), establishing French control over the island.

  • January 1736: In 1735 a permanent French settlement was established, subordinated to Île Bourbon.

  • January 1802: In 1801, the island of Santa Apolonia was renamed "Île Bonaparte", after First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte.

  • January 1810: In 1809, after a brief battle with the French, British troops took possession of Rodrigues.

  • January 1849: The island of Réunion retained the name of "Bourbon" until the fall of the restored Bourbons during the French Revolution of 1848, when the island was once again given the name "Île de la Réunion".

  • March 1946: Réunion became a département d'outre-mer (overseas département) of France on 19 March 1946.

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