
Information
Name: Dirk Hartog Island (France)
Type: Polity
Nation: dirk hartog island
Start: 1772
End: 1829
Dirk Hartog Island (France): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
On 28 March 1772, Breton navigator Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn landed on the island and took possession of the Island in Western Australia, that was nominally claimed by the Dutch.