Mauritius Timeline of Events

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Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

Timeline of Events

1810

8.27.1810

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.

1968

3.12.1968

Mauritius achieves independence.

4.24.1968

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.

1992

3.12.1992

Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.