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The following is a
timeline of the
history of the
city of
Port Louis on the island of
Mauritius .
Prior to 20th century
1606 -
Dutch settlers start to use this area as a harbour which they call Harbour of Tortoises , after their initial 1598 settlement at Port de Warwick in Ferney, Vieux Grand Port.
[1]
1721 - French in power on
Isle de France ; Noord-Wester Haven (harbor) renamed "Port Louis."
1729 - Hôtel du Gouvernement built.
[3]
1735 - Development of Port Louis begins (approximate date).
[4]
1749 -
Le Réduit (fort) built near Port Louis at
Moka .
1772 - Bagne Prison built.
[5]
1774 - Line Barracks or Casernes Centrales is inaugurated after start of construction in 1740.
[6]
1782 -
Dyot Canal [
sv ] construction begins.(
de )
1790 - Thomas Enouf becomes
mayor of Town of Port Louis .[
citation needed ]
1791 - Foundation of Collège National or Collège Colonial in Port Louis. This would later become Lycée Colonial and eventually the island's first Royal College.
[7]
1794 - Town renamed "Port de La Montagne."[
citation needed ]
1795 - Town renamed "Port Nord-Ouest."[
citation needed ]
1803 - Captain
Matthew Flinders is arrested during a port call to repair his ship Cumberland as
Governor De Caen believes he is a British spy.
[8]
1805 - Mosque constructed.
1810
1812 -
Champ de Mars Racecourse opens.
1816 - Fire.
[3]
1822 - Political prisoner Ratsitatane (from Madagascar) is sentenced to death and is beheaded at Jardin Plaine Verte
[11]
1838 -
Citadel [
fr ] (Fort Adelaïde) built.
[12]
1847 -
Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis established.
[13]
1849 - Development of
Coolie Ghat immigration depot begins.
[12]
1850
February: Municipal election held.
[14]
March: Louis Léchelle becomes mayor.
[15]
November:
1850 Yamsé Ghoon Riots break out at Camp Des Malabars (Plaine Verte nowadays) when muslim pilgrims were forced to abandon their Ghoon structures or
Ta'zieh as they were chased around the streets in broad daylight by the
Creole assailants who were former slaves, also known as
ex-apprentices .
[16]
1852 -
Mosquée des Arabes established.
1864 - North line
railway begins operating.[
citation needed ]
1866 - Municipal government headquartered in the Hôtel d’Europe building.
[14]
1867 - Malaria outbreak.
1869 - Port Louis economy affected by opening of
Suez Canal in Egypt.
1870 - General Post Office built.
[5]
Port Louis in the late 19th century
1880 - Foundation of Mauritius Institute.
[17]
1887 - Revue historique et littéraire de l'Ile Maurice begins publication.
1892 - 29 April:
1892 Mauritius cyclone occurs.
[18]
1897 - 22 June:
Statue of British queen Victoria unveiled.
[18]
1899 - Due to a plague epidemic the original
Royal College Port Louis is permanently closed down as people flee Port Louis to settle in the cooler highlands of Curepipe.
[7]
20th century
1904 - 8–9 June: Flood.
[18]
1906 -
Pagoda Riots between three rival clans (Hakka, Cantonese, Fukienese) over control of Cohan Tai Biou Pagoda
1907 - Population: 30,899.
[19]
1910 -
Government House rebuilt.
[3]
1911 -
Riots , which started in Curepipe, spread to Port Louis
1919 - Population: 40,106 metro.
[20]
1933 - Catholic
St. Louis Cathedral rebuilt.
1937 - Honorary Consulate of
Poland opened.
[21]
1942 -
Airport established in
Plaine Magnien , 48 km from Port Louis.
1943 - Mass gathering of
Basdeo Bissoondoyal 's Jan Andolan at Marie Reine de la Paix on 12 December, a precursor to the proclamation of the new
1947 Constitution to grant voting rights to the mass.
[22]
1945
3 tropical cyclones strike (on 16 January, 2 February and 6 April), causing deaths and destroying homes and infrastructure. International relief arrives in Port Louis.
[23]
End of World War II is celebrated at Champ de Mars, Town Hall, Luna Park, Majestic, Citadel, Signal Mountain, and streets of Port Louis.
Port Louis Theatre in the 1950s
1951 -
Fort Adelaide (La Citadelle) murders and hanging
1952 - Population: 84,539.
[24]
1953 - Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute founded in nearby
Réduit .
[12]
[1]
1956 - Foundation stone for
Royal College Port Louis is laid by
Princess Margaret .
[25]
1960
Tropical Cyclone
Alix strikes in January, destroying homes and infrastructure.
Tropical Cyclone
Carol strikes on 27 February, causing 42 deaths and destruction of infrastructure.
1963 -
L'Express newspaper begins publication.
[26]
1964 - Population: 126,550 (estimate).
[27]
1965
1966
City Hall built.
Photography museum [
fr ] founded.
[2]
Riots erupted in October in front of Government House following protests against 10,000 job losses
[28]
1967
1968
Ethnic riots in January, State of Emergency and British military from Malaysia intervene prior to Independence ceremony
Mauritian independence in March.
1969 - Six administrative wards created.[
citation needed ]
1975
Suez Canal reopens in Egypt.
[12]
Tropical Cyclone
Gervaise strikes in February, causing 10 deaths and destruction of infrastructure.
Student Riots break out on 20 May following a protest march, resulting in looted shops and burnt buses in Port Louis and other parts of the island.
1978 - January: Arson attack on headquarters of Le Mauricien which gave rise to the Sheik Hossen Affair.
[30]
1979 - August: Sugar industry labor strike.
[31]
1984 - Population: 135,200 (estimate).
[32]
1986 - Landslide (glissement de terrain ) at La Butte results in damage to 1500 private homes, power lines and water pipes.
[33]
1989 -
Stock Exchange of Mauritius headquartered in city.
[34]
1992
1993
1995
1996
Caudan Waterfront in business.
October: 3 political activists are gunned down at night on Gorah Issac Road prior to municipal elections.
[36]
1999
February:
Riots break out at Roche Bois, a suburb of Port Louis, following the death in police custody of singer Kaya and ethnic riots spread across the island.
[37]
May:
L'Amicale riots erupt in the centre of Port Louis following a soccer match, resulting in 7 deaths, looting and property damage.
[38]
2000
21st century
See also
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^
a
b
c
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^
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^
a
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^
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^
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b
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^
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^
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^
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^
"Réminiscences 1945 : l'année des trois cyclones" . Le Mauricien. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018 .
^
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^
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^
"Voting brings riots in Mauritius 1967" . New York Times . 8 August 1967. Retrieved 12 December 2020 .
^
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This article incorporates information from the
French Wikipedia and
German Wikipedia .
Bibliography
in English
in French
Eugène Gallois (1908).
"Port-Louis" . La France dans l'Océan Indien (in French). Paris. {{
cite book }}
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link )
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Images
Port Louis railway station (photo circa 1880s-1890s)
Aftermath of cyclone, 1892
Unveiling of queen Victoria statue, 1897
Government House, built 1729, rebuilt in 1910 (photo 2015)
Basdeo Bissoondoyal statue, erected in 2002