Mascarene
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Portuguese possession in the Mascarene islands (Indonesia).
Establishment
January 1508: Around 1507, the explorer Diogo Fernandes Pereira discovered the Mascarene Islands.
Chronology
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Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.
November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.
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.
January 1639: In 1598 a Dutch squadron under Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck landed at Grand Port and named the island "Mauritius" after Prince Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Maurits van Nassau) of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch inhabited the island in 1638.
January 1736: In 1735 a permanent French settlement was established, subordinated to Île Bourbon.
April 1960: The French Mascarene islands become part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises).
Disestablishment
April 1960: The French Mascarene islands become part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises).
Selected Sources
Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
de Oliveira Marques , A. H. R.(1972): History of Portugal, Columbia University Press, p. 322-325
