XVI 
Brief Chronology 
1658. Taureau and his companions leave lie Bourbon again un¬ 
inhabited. 
1660. Sieur de Flacourt killed on voyage from France to lie Bourbon. 
1662. Settlement made at St. Paul in He Bourbon by Louis Payen. 
1664. Louis xiv. grants concession of St. Laurent, now He Dauphine, 
and He Bourbon to the Compagnie des Indes Orientales. 
M. de Beausse and Souchu de Rennefort arrive at Fort 
Dauphin. 
1665. Medals of the Colonia Madagascarensis and the Great Seal ot 
Gallia Orientalis struck at the Mint in Paris. 
1666. Souchu de Rennefort returns to France. 
1667. Marquis de Mondevergue, MM. La Faye and Caron land at 
Fort Dauphin. 
1668. Carre lands on He Bourbon. 
1669. April 13. The Sieur Dubois begins his voyage to Madagascar 
and leaves Port Louis in the S. Paul. 
August 31. The S. Paul arrives at Mascarenne. 
October 2. The S. Paul arrives at Fort Dauphin. 
October 7. Champmargou appointed Lieutenant-General. 
December 5. M. Jacob Blanquet de la Haye, Governor and 
Lieutenant-General for the King in He Dauphine and the 
East Indies, commissioned. 
1670. March 30. Squadron of de la Haye, despatched to protect 
French commerce in the East Indies, sails from Rochelle. 
November 23. De la Haye’s fleet arrives at Fort Dauphin. 
1671. February 6. M. de Mondevergue embarks for France in the 
Marie. 
April 9. Dubois leaves Fort Dauphin in the Navarre. 
May 1. Dubois reaches Bourbon. 
June 17-22. Admiral de la Haye leaves Bourbon. 
June 23. Le Vacher, surnamed La Case, Fort Major, dies at 
Fort Dauphin. 
June 24. Admiral de la Haye reaches Fort Dauphin. 
July 17. Sieur de la Bretesche appointed in his stead. 
July 19. Sieur de la Bretesche marries eldest daughter of La 
Case. 
July 27. Lieutenant Thomassin marries widow of La Case. 
August 11. Admiral de la Haye leaves Fort Dauphin for Surat. 
1672. September 4. Dubois embarks in the Barbault at St. Paul, 
Bourbon. 
September 8. Dubois reaches Fort Dauphin. 
September 19. Dubois leaves Fort Dauphin in the Barbault . 
1673. January 20. Dubois reaches La Rochelle. 
