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."[2]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
2019 - October: First train connecting Port Louis to Rose Hill was launched from Richelieu (Phase 1 of Metro Express Project)[42]
2020 - August 29: Around 75,000 citizens march with activist Bruneau Laurette in the centre of Port Louis to protest against the government's poor handling of the
MV Wakashio oil spill[43]
^Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020). Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych,
Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. p. 322.
ISBN978-83-65681-93-5.
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."[2]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
2019 - October: First train connecting Port Louis to Rose Hill was launched from Richelieu (Phase 1 of Metro Express Project)[42]
2020 - August 29: Around 75,000 citizens march with activist Bruneau Laurette in the centre of Port Louis to protest against the government's poor handling of the
MV Wakashio oil spill[43]
^Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020). Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych,
Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. p. 322.
ISBN978-83-65681-93-5.