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An island in the western Indian Ocean, about 600 miles (960 km.) east of Madagascar. Perhaps best known as the home of the ill-fated Dodo.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Portugal | c. 1510 | 1638 | Not occupied. | Mauritius | |
To Dutch East India Company | 1638 | 1658 | Mauritius | ||
Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer | 1638 | 1639 | Mauritius | ||
Adriaan van der Stel | 1639 | 1645 | Mauritius | ||
Jacob van der Meersch | 1645 | 1648 | Mauritius | ||
Reinier Por | 1648 | 1653 | Mauritius | ||
Joost van der Woutbeekr | 1653 | 1654 | Mauritius | ||
Maximiliaan de Jongh | 1654 | 1656 | Mauritius | ||
Abraham Evertszoon | 1656 | 1658 | Mauritius | ||
Abandoned | 1658 | 1664 | Mauritius | ||
To Dutch East India Company | 1664 | 1710 | Mauritius | ||
Jacobus van Nieuwlant | 1664 | 1665 | Mauritius | ||
Georg Frederick Wreede | 1665 | 1667 | Mauritius | ||
Jan van Jaar | 1667 | 1668 | Mauritius | ||
Dirk Janszoon Smient | 1668 | 1669 | Mauritius | ||
Georg Frederick Wreede | r. 1669 | 1672 | Mauritius | ||
Swen Felleson | 1672 | 1672 | Mauritius | ||
Philip Col | 1672 | 1673 | Mauritius | ||
Hubert Hugo | 1673 | 1677 | Mauritius | ||
Isaac Johannes Lamotius | 1677 | 1692 | Mauritius | ||
Reolof Deodati | 1692 | 1703 | Mauritius | ||
Abraham Momber van de Velde | 1703 | 1710 | Mauritius | ||
Abandoned | 1710 | 1721 | Visited by pirates. | Mauritius | |
To French Compagnie des Indes | 1721 | 1767 | Mauritius | ||
Julien Duronguët le Toullec | 1721 | 1722 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Denis, chevalier de Nyon | 1722 | 1725 | Mauritius | ||
Duval de Hauville | 1722 | 1725 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Jacques Gast d'Hauterive | 1722 | 1722 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Denis de Brousse | 1725 | 1729 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Pierre Benoît Dumas | 1729 | 1729 | Mauritius | ||
Nicolas de Maupin | 1729 | 1735 | Mauritius | ||
Mahé de La Bourdonnais | 1735 | 1746 | Mauritius | ||
Didier de Saint-Martin | 1740 | 1746 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Pierre Félix Barthélemy David | 1746 | 1753 | Mauritius | ||
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | 1753 | 1755 | Mauritius | ||
René Magon de la Villebague | 1755 | 1759 | Mauritius | ||
Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher | 1759 | 1767 | Mauritius | ||
To the Mascarene Islands (France) | 1767 | 1810 | Mauritius | ||
Jean-Daniel Dumas | 1767 | 1768 | Mauritius | ||
Jean Guillaume Steinauer | 1768 | 1769 | Mauritius | ||
François Julien du Dresnay | 1769 | 1772 | Mauritius | ||
Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay | 1772 | 1776 | Mauritius | ||
Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne | 1776 | 1779 | Mauritius | ||
Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-Maurice | 1779 | 1779 | Mauritius | ||
François, vicomte de Souillac | 1779 | 1787 | Acting from 1779-1780. | Mauritius | |
Camille Charles Leclerc, chevalier de Fresne | 1785 | 1785 | Acting | Mauritius | |
François de Fleury | 1785 | 1785 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Joseph Antoine Raimond de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux | 1787 | 1789 | Mauritius | ||
Thomas, comte de Conway | 1789 | 1790 | Mauritius | ||
Dominique Prosper de Chermont | 1790 | 1790 | Acting | Mauritius | |
David Charpentier de Cossigny | 1790 | 1792 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, comte de Malartic | 1792 | 1800 | Mauritius | ||
François Louis Magallon de la Morlière | 1800 | 1803 | Mauritius | ||
Charles Mathieu Isidore, comte Decaen | 1803 | 1810 | Mauritius | ||
To Great Britain | 1810 | 1968 | British Mauritius. | Mauritius | |
Sir Robert Farquhar | 1810 | 1823 | Mauritius | ||
Henry Warde | 1811 | 1811 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Gage John Hall | 1817 | 1818 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir John Dalrymple | 1818 | 1819 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Ralph Darling | 1819 | 1823 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole | 1823 | 1828 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Charles Colville | 1828 | 1833 | Mauritius | ||
Sir William Nicolay | 1833 | 1840 | Mauritius | ||
James Power | 1840 | 1840 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Lionel Smith | 1840 | 1842 | Mauritius | ||
William Staveley | 1842 | 1842 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir William Maynard Gomm | 1842 | 1849 | Mauritius | ||
Thomas Blanchard | 1849 | 1849 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir George William Anderson | 1849 | 1850 | Mauritius | ||
William Sutherland | 1850 | 1851 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir James Macaulay Higginson | 1851 | 1857 | Mauritius | ||
William Sutherland | r. 1854 | 1855 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Charles Murray Hay | 1855 | 1855 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir William Stevenson | 1857 | 1863 | Mauritius | ||
Montague Cholmeley Johnstone | 1863 | 1863 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Henry Barkly | 1863 | 1870 | Mauritius | ||
Edward Selby Smyth | 1870 | 1871 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 1871 | 1874 | Mauritius | ||
Edward Selby Smyth | r. 1870 | 1871 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Edward Norton | 1871 | 1874 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Arthur Purves Phayre | 1874 | 1878 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Frederick Napier Broome | 1878 | 1879 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 1879 | 1880 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Frederick Napier Broome | r. 1880 | 1883 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Charles Bruce | 1883 | 1883 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir John Pope Hennessy | 1883 | 1889 | Suspended from 12/1886-07/1886. | Mauritius | |
Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts | 1884 | 1884 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts | r. 1886 | 1886 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Hercules Geroge Robert Robinson | 1886 | 1886 | Acting; 3 days. | Mauritius | |
William Hanbury Hawley | 1886 | 1887 | Acting during Hennessy suspension. | Mauritius | |
Sir Francis Fleming | 1887 | 1888 | Mauritius | ||
Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall | 1888 | 1888 | Acting; 11 days. | Mauritius | |
Sir Francis Fleming | r. 1889 | 1889 | Acting; 6 days. | Mauritius | |
Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall | r. 1889 | 1889 | Acting; 3 days. | Mauritius | |
Sir Charles Cameron Lees | 1889 | 1892 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 1892 | 1897 | Acting from 03/1892-09/1892. | Mauritius | |
Charles Anthony King Harman | 1894 | 1894 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Charles Anthony King Harman | r. 1896 | 1896 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Charles Anthony King Harman | rr. 1897 | 1897 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Charles Bruce | r. 1897 | 1903 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Graham John Bower | 1900 | 1901 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Graham John Bower | r. 1903 | 1904 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 1904 | 1911 | Mauritius | ||
Sir Graham John Bower | rr. 1906 | 1906 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Graham John Bower | rrr. 1908 | 1909 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
George Smith | 1911 | 1911 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir John Robert Chancellor | 1911 | 1916 | Mauritius | ||
Sir John Middleton | 1914 | 1914 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir John Middleton | r. 1916 | 1916 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 1916 | 1924 | Mauritius | ||
Sir John Middleton | rr. 1919 | 1919 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Edward Brandis Denham | 1921 | 1923 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Edward Allen Grannum | 1924 | 1925 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Herbert James Read | 1925 | 1929 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Edward Allen Grannum | r. 1926 | 1930 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 1930 | 1937 | Mauritius | ||
Edward Walter Evans | 1932 | 1937 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford | 1937 | 1942 | Mauritius | ||
Sydney Moody | 1940 | 1940 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sydney Moody | r. 1942 | 1942 | Acting | Mauritius | |
Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 1942 | 1948 | Mauritius | ||
Sydney Moody | rr. 1945 | 1948 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir James Dundas Harford | 1948 | 1949 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood | 1949 | 1954 | Mauritius | ||
Sir James Dundas Harford | r. 1950 | 1950 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir James Dundas Harford | rr. 1952 | 1952 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Robert Newton | 1954 | 1954 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Robert Scott | 1954 | 1959 | Mauritius | ||
Robert Newton | r. 1956 | 1957 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Robert Newton | rr. 1959 | 1959 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell | 1959 | 1962 | Mauritius | ||
Thomas Douglas Vickers | 1961 | 1962 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir John Shaw Rennie | 1962 | 1968 | Mauritius | ||
Thomas Douglas Vickers | r. 1964 | 1964 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Thomas Douglas Vickers | rr. 1966 | 1966 | Mauritius | ||
To Mauritus | 1968 | 1992 | Independent member of British Commonwealth. | Mauritius | |
John Shaw Rennie | 03/1968 | 08/1968 | Mauritius | ||
Michel Rivalland | 08/1968 | 09/1968 | Mauritius | ||
Leonard Williams | 1968 | 1972 | Mauritius | ||
Raman Osman | 1972 | 1977 | Mauritius | ||
Herny Garrioch | 1977 | 1979 | Mauritius | ||
Dayendranath Burrenchobay | 1979 | 1983 | Mauritius | ||
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | 1983 | 1985 | Mauritius | ||
Cassam Moollan | 1985 | 1986 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo | 1986 | 1992 | Mauritius | ||
To Republic of Maritius | 1992 | Present | Mauritius | ||
Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo | r. 03/1992 | 06/1992 | President. | Mauritius | |
Rabindrah Ghurburrun | 06/1992 | 07/1992 | Mauritius | ||
Cassam Uteem | 1992 | 2002 | Mauritius | ||
Angidi Chettiar | 2002 | 2002 | Acting; 3 days. | Mauritius | |
Ariranga Pillay | 2002 | 2002 | Acting; 7 days. | Mauritius | |
Karl Offmann | 2002 | 2003 | Mauritius | ||
Raouf Bundhun | 2003 | 2003 | Acting; 6 days. | Mauritius | |
Sir Anerood Jugnauth | 2003 | 2012 | Mauritius | ||
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau | 2012 | 2012 | Female; Acting. | Mauritius | |
Kailash Purryag | 2012 | 2015 | Mauritius | ||
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau | r. 2015 | 2015 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Ameenah Gurib | 2015 | 2018 | First female president. | Mauritius | |
Barlen Vyapoory | 2018 | 2019 | Acting. | Mauritius | |
Eddy Balancy | 2019 | 2019 | Acting; 6 days. | Mauritius | |
Prithvirajsing Roopun | 2019 | Present | Mauritius |
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