Information

Name: New Caledonia (Colony)

Type: Polity

Nation: new caledonia

Start: 1853

End: 1946

New Caledonia (Colony): All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

On 24 September 1853, under orders from Emperor Napoleon III, Admiral Febvrier Despointes took formal possession of New Caledonia, starting the period of French rule over the archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean.

New Caledonia (Colony): Maximal extension of the polity

New Caledonia (Colony): Population Density by Year

Events Navigation: New Caledonia (Colony)

New Caledonia (Colony): video summary

1. Maps of Political Control Over Time

2. Lists and Timelines of Rulers

3. Lists and Timelines of Events that took place in the Polity

4. Maps Comparing Territorial Boundaries Before and After Wars

5. Monthly Summaries of Events

6. Time Series of Territorial Changes

7. Time Series of Historical Population and Area

8. Events Navigation - Explore All Territorial Changes

9. Rulers (only those who where involved in territorial changes)

10. Cities mentioned in territorial changes