Events in Mauritius History
- 1598-09-17 Dutch sailors claim island of Mauritius for Netherlands - name it after Maurice, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau
- 1638-05-07 Cornelis Gooyer establishes the first permanent Dutch settlement on Mauritius, then uninhabited
- 1940-12-09 Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
- 1945-08-25 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
- 1968-03-12 Indian Ocean island nation Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
- 1968-04-24 Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
- 1992-03-12 Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 2013-03-31 11 people are killed in flooding at Port Louis, Mauritius