Polity Nancowry

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Was a short-lived Austrian colony on the Nicobar Islands.

Establishment

  • July 1778: The Nicobarese natives signed a document that ceded all twenty-four islands to Austria.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1786: The colonists continued on, and managed successfully until Gottfried Stahl, leader of the colonization effort, died in 1783. After Stahl's death, the remaining colonists decided to abandon the islands in 1785.