First Madagascar expedition
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The First Madagascar expedition was the beginning of the Franco-Hova War and consisted of a French military expedition against the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar in 1883. It was followed b
Tamatave, bombarded and occupied by the French under Admiral Pierre, on 11 June 1883. Le Monde illustré, 1883.
A letter signed by Prince Rakoto (future Radama II) in 1854 was used by the French as justification to invade Madagascar.
Medal of the First Madagascar expedition. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur.
Imerina
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The Kingdom of Imerina, also known as the Kingdom of Madagascar or the Kingdom of Merina, was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 18th century, dominated most of what i
First Madagascar expedition
…The First Madagascar expedition was the beginning of the Franco-Hova War and consisted of a French military expedition against the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar in 1883. It was followed by the Second Madagascar expedition in 1895. Following their capture of Mauritius from the French…
Andriamanelo waged war against the Vazimba in an effort to expel them from the highlands.
King Andrianampoinimerina (c. 1787–1810)
Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar.
Landing of the 40th Battaillon de Chasseur à Pieds in Majunga, between 5 and 24 May 1895.