Arguin (France)

This article is about the specific polity Arguin (France) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Arguin is an island off the western coast of Mauritania. France took over the island in 1678.

Establishment

January 1679: France took over the island of Arguin in September 1678.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1686: In 1685, Captain Cornelius Reers of the frigate Rother Löwe occupied the old Portuguese fort on the island. He successfully concluded a treaty with the native king in which Brandenburg was accepted as a protecting power.

January 1722: Arguin remained a colony of Brandenburg until 1721 when the French successfully assaulted the fort and then took control of the island.

January 1723: The Dutch took Arguin from the French.

January 1725: Arguin conquered by france.

November 1960: Mauritania became independent from France in 1960 through the Franco-Mauritanian agreements. This marked the end of colonial rule in the region and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.