CHEONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS 

 MENTIONED OR EEFEERED TO. 



1506. Island of Sta Apollonia possibly first sighted. 

 Feb. 9, 1507. Cirne and S^^ Apollonia first visited by Diogo Fernaudes 



Pereira. 

 1509. The name of Don Galopes given to island afterwards 



known as Rodriguez. 

 1512. The Mascareue archipelago rediscovered and named by 



Mascareiihas. 

 1523. Death of Pope Hadrianus VI. 

 1527. Mascareuhas and S Apollonia marked on chart of 



Weimar. 

 1545. Portuguese settlement on an islaiKl south of Madagascar. 

 1570. Lambarde's account of Queen Mary at Greenwich. 

 Sept.20,1598. Edict of Nantes. Dutch settle in S'a Apollonia, and 



Mauritius. 

 1613. An English ship, the "Pearl," visits S. Apollonia, and 



Captain Castleton names it "England's Forest". 

 1630. Sta Apollonia named He de la Perle. 



1638. Fran9ois Leguat born. Insurrection of Scotch Coven- 



anters against Government of King Charles. 



1639. Dutch settlement formed on Mauritius under Pieter de 



Goyer, who was succeeded by Adriaan van der Stel. 

 1613. Pronis takes possession of Mascareigne. 



1649. Mascareigne or Bourbon formally taken possession of by 



Le Bourg under orders of De Flacourt, and the arms 

 of France affixed to a tree. 



1650. Maximilian de Jong, Dutch Governor at Mauritius. 

 1653. De Flacourt erects a pillar on coast of Madagascar. 

 1659. Adriaan Nieuland, Governor at Mauritius. 



1664. King of France concedes Madagascar and Mascarene 

 Islands to French East Indian Company. Dirk 

 Janzsoon Smient, Governor of Mauritius. 



1668. George Frederick Wreede, Governor of ^Mauritius. 



1669. Sieur Dubois visits Bourbon. 



1671. M. Jacob de la Haye, Viceroy of the Indies, visits 

 Bourbon. Hubert Hugo, Governor ot INIauririus. 



