Fort Dauphin
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Was a short-lived French colony in Taolañaro (Madagascar).
Establishment
January 1644: The French colony near Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), established by the French East India Company in 1643, lasted longer than other early settlements on the island of Madagascar. The territory eventually became known as Fort Dauphin.
Chronology
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Disestablishment
January 1675: Apparently upset that fourteen French soldiers of Fort Dauphin (modern-day Taolañaro, Madagascar) had divorced their Malagasy wives in order to marry fourteen French women sent to the colony, the local Antanosy people revolted against the French. The Antanosy besieged Taolañaro for eighteen months. A ship of the French East India Company evacuated the survivors to Reunion Island in 1674.
